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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]

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.

[spotofsunlight]

Then they're just like me! Shiro's always lost! [And he seems so proud of that fact.] When do we get to see the other kon-stuh-lay-shuns? When they wander over here again? Will it take them a long time to come back?

[lamb_of_gold]

Well, don't think of it as being lost then - You're simply wandering, and don't know where you're wandering too. It's a simple as that, I think.

Hmm, give me some time, I will find another.

[spotofsunlight]

What's the difference between 'lost' and 'wandering'?

[lamb_of_gold]

Lost is lost - you don't know where you are, or where you're going. Wandering simply implies that the journey is more important.

[spotofsunlight]

The journey's more important than what? Where you are and where you're going?

[Gasp! He's never thought of things that way before!]

[lamb_of_gold]

A lot of people seem to think so.

[spotofsunlight]

"The journey is more important than where you are or where you're going..." [Yes, he's going to keep repeating that, tasting the words for the wisdom behind them.] Haha, I like it!

Though... does that mean it's not really important for me to find a 'hitogata' or the 'sun', after all?

[lamb_of_gold]

I'm afraid I don't have enough context to answer that properly.

[spotofsunlight]

Hmm, well, that's okay! I don't think I have enough 'context' either. [8D] Are you on a 'journey' too?