Out of reach

The stars were owned as much reverence as anything else in this world - except maybe the reindeer, who were the most sacred of all. Kiela had been raised to view each and every part of nature as integral and as sacred as the next; the flowers could not bloom without the sun rising, and likewise the stars in the sky were just as vital as the moon and the sun, and just as important as she and Sverre, if not even more so. The interconnected nature of everything was something she knew in her heart was true, and she operated as such. That was exactly why something that seemed so out of place was concerning. It wasn't just about the stars, but about everything else too. If something strange was happening in the sky she had no doubt it could effect them as well.

She found herself grinning for a moment longer, not just as thinking of her father but of Sverre's testing the word on his tongue. Though she'd been in these lands for a long while now, she found herself sometimes struggling to recall words not used often like that one, so she could easily relate. "The stars? Just a little while ago. Though something has felt... strange for a few weeks now. I am not used to the earth shaking like that, but perhaps that is more normal here?" She knew of earthquakes, at least she'd heard of them, but they weren't common in the far north. She was much less certain about what was normal here, still figuring out these lands. She mulled over it as they began their ascent, keeping an eye out for Sverre behind her as she went.