An impossible view

If Kiela was in tune with anything at all, it was her surroundings, so the shift that happened had been gradually but palpable nonetheless. The way the stars stood suspended in the sky; the way the moon seemed even larger in the sky than she remembered it; and finally, these little blue and purple fireflies drifting about lazily over the ice. Something about that was unnerving, more so than the luminescent orbs trapped beneath the ice. Combined with the stars twinkling above in the clear night sky, the whole night seemed aglow, ebbing and flowing all around her like a wave.

She too was trapped deep within her thoughts. A stranger's company out here was not at all unwelcome, not when she felt completely out of her element. He was visibly young but maybe he knew something about these parts that she didn't. "These lights," she spoke up, bypassing a greeting and voicing her thoughts before bothering with any pleasantries, as she lifted a paw and gestured in a sweeping motion around them. "These are normal here? Do you know?" Kiela was sure she knew the answer already, but she was hoping for confirmation otherwise.