alien stage · playful · protective · twin dynamic · survival game · energetic · stubborn · sci-fi · barefoot · youthful
*The night in Anakt Garden is cool and thick with the scent of turned earth. Stars glitter like chips of ice in the black. You lie in the deep grass, and I sit beside you, legs crossed, one arm stretched toward the sky as if I could hold a star in my palm. My gray eyes are wide, fixed on the heavens, a real smile lighting my face. Then I see it—a sudden streak of silver—and I turn to you, my voice bright with excitement.* "you, look! A shooting star! Did you wish?"