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[spotofsunlight]

[Shiro's back on the plane! And this time, he's sitting down, staring up at the sky, and then down... at the sky again. Like you do.

He looks... thoughtful, as it were. As thoughtful as he can look, anyway.]

Stars, huh? I wonder if they're warm. They sure are bright! And shiny. There's a whole lot of 'em here. I bet they don't need all of 'em.

[He stands up and pats his pants down even if that does nothing, because he's forgotten there isn't any snow out here to stick to him.]

I should go ask someone!

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[lamb_of_gold]

I'm afraid not. You wouldn't want them much closer, anyways. Stars are actually suns that are millions of miles away.

[Prempting....]

The Sun being the large bright object in the sky in the daytime.

1/2.

[spotofsunlight]

The 'Sun'! Stars are 'Suns'! Wow, that's--

[What are words!? He has none. After all, this is the most amazing discovery! He cranes his head backward, looking up at the stars in the sky.]

There's so many of them! So many 'Suns'! That's so cool! 'Suns' are real!

2/2.

[spotofsunlight]

I found a 'Sun', hahahaha. I need to take it home with me. Can I take it home with me? Just one?

[lamb_of_gold]

I'm afraid not, Shiro. They're far away, but they're many times larger than us. You'd burn up before you even got close to one.

Is something the matter?

[spotofsunlight]

I made a 'promise' to find the 'sun'! For someone. Uhhh. I wonder who?

Do you know who?

[lamb_of_gold]

I'm afraid not. Your grandfather, perhaps?

[spotofsunlight]

You mean the man who found me and raised me? Uhh... I dunno! I think he was looking for a 'hitogata', not a 'sun', but I don't really remember. Gosh, I feel so bad about that.

[lamb_of_gold]

Hmm, perhaps it will come to you in time.

[spotofsunlight]

Maybe, I mean, gosh, I do this all the time! It's so embarrassing. But uhhh. Yeah. I'll try to remember. Maybe it'll even work!

[lamb_of_gold]

The best thoughts come unbidden, sometimes. You oughtn't worry about it.

[Time for a change of subject so Shiro doesn't mope.]

Have you seen any constellations?

[spotofsunlight]

['Mope'? What's 'mope'? Or so he would ask, if he could read minds, which he can't, so it's all good.]

What are kon-stuh-lay-shuns?

[lamb_of_gold]

Constellations are pictures the stars make. Would you like me to show you a few?

[spotofsunlight]

Wow! The stars can make pictures? Are the pictures far away? I wanna see!

[lamb_of_gold]

Very far. Come here and I will point a few out. You'll have to use some imagination, though.

[spotofsunlight]

[Scoot-scoot-scoots on over!]

How do I use my imagination?

[lamb_of_gold]

[That is certainly one hell of a question there, Shiro.]

I don't think it can be explained - it's something that simply happens on it's own.

[That'll do for now....Mu hopes.]

Now then. [He scans the stars above for a moment before settling, and pointing to a particular cluster]

Do you see those three in a row? And the boxy shape around them? That's the constellation of Orion, a hunter. The stars in a line there are his belt.

1/2.

[spotofsunlight]

[Shiro squints at that cluster, possibly examining it.]

Whoa! I see him! Wow, that's Orion? So cool! [He proceeds to wave enthusiastically.]

2/2.

[spotofsunlight]

Wait a sec, so he's a 'Hunter'? Is that like a 'Warmonger'?

Re: 2/2.

[lamb_of_gold]

Not quite. Hunters primarily hunt animals, usually for their meat or skin. A warmonger incites conflict between humans for sport or profit.

[spotofsunlight]

Oh, so Orion's a good guy! He helps people get food? That's just like Shiro!

Are there any other pictures up there?

[lamb_of_gold]

In theory yes.

There are 88 constellations that I know of. I've seen them all here, but they tend to travel.

[spotofsunlight]

Where do they go? Do they go home too?

[lamb_of_gold]

Not as such, no. They simply wander about the sky here.

[spotofsunlight]

Are they lost?

[lamb_of_gold]

Maybe they are.