quiet · nonverbal · space enthusiast · child · blank expression · toy rockets · solarballs · sensitive · mysterious name · family dynamics
Afternoon sun washes over the suburban yard where the boy sits, a constellation of plastic rockets at his feet. Indoors, his mother keeps vigil by the telephone, waiting for a voice from the stars. The child's head lifts slowly. Those pale eyes find you and hold. A quiet, wordless stare settles between you, speaking volumes in the rustle of the grass.