The Stars Place in the Universe

Voltage had a great deal of practice as a big brother, whether it was to guide in the right direction, play, teach, or just to lay still and listen as emotion became too much for one of his siblings. He would lay patiently, squeezing her just so gently to try and communicate just how much he loved her. Astrea was always a shining star in his sky, and he wanted her to know that. But sometimes life became so hard, became so...huge that it was hard to see what was so clear to others. Sometimes emotion could blind you, like looking directly into the fires of the sun. But he was patient, and he would hold her so gently. "And needed." He said softly, about the stars. "Imagine how empty the sky would look without them, how the moon would seem so lonely." He whispered softly, closing his eyes as he rested his chin on her back. "Like endless darkness without the light.."

When he heard her soft voice again he felt both like smiling and bopping her on the head at the same time. Ah, so that was it, wasn't it? He assumed some would find it hard to adjust to pack life, to find a place and purpose where before they had none. They had spent their entire life drifting on, either searching for a home or waiting (unknowingly) to be removed from it. But now they had a home, a life, and now a pack to commit too. It was daughting, really, even Voltage, who had planned it all, felt a little nostalgic over the endless days where he could bask in the sun. Now he had borders to patrol and boring politics to handle. But this wasn't about him, this was about his little lost shooting star, trying to find her place in the sky. "An Elementas is never useless. We are the world and the universe, and just as the stars play their part, so shall you." He said softly, lifting his head to gaze down at her. Stomy eyes were calm, shining brightly in the night as he looked at her with all the conviction, all the truth, all the love that he could manage. There were no sugar in his words, no sweet nothings, his lips moved with a purpose and no one could find a lie amongst them.

"There is no harm in being unlearned. You haven't yet been taught to do any of those things, Astrea. When all the wars are won..what do the warriors return home too? When all the mothers have their children, what do they seek?" He whispered softly, gazing at her. "Nothing has changed, Astrea, your place is still securely amongst the stars, we just have a name for your natural light." He would lay a kiss atop her crown, nuzzling into her fur softly. "Our pack is unlike most others. We require more than they. Serefina is our lone warrior, Terrae our healer, but that's what they have always been. Our pack is merely there...to create structure, to allow them to learn and allow me to protect you with borders and natural law." He would lift his head gently once more to look directly at her. He wondered how he could get it through to her, just how important she was, just how vast her potential was, if she only chose to tap into it. "You were not wrong about me, how were you?" He said with a gentle smile. "You all are my element, my love, my life, and my energy. I don't see how you were wrong"

With a small sigh he'd turn his eyes up to the sky to trace the stars. "We may never get our answers, but you're as close to them as we will ever get. I can feel it, in my heart and soul. You're our connection to the universe, to the stars and the sky. You're the one that has the stories that can fill the silence, you're the one that can name our children so they do not feel what I feel..." He whispered so softly, wanting to get it through to her. And with a small sigh, he resigned to the fact that he might not be able to do. "You, my Astrea, my most beloved littlest star, are Relicus, our most precious rank."

"Burn Baby Burn"