Twinkle, twinkle, little star

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky…

Amrynn hummed the melody, vaguely mouthing the words she could remember. An alien lullaby.

She leaned against the tree——not that it looked anything like the trees she knew——and scrutinized the sky. The quarter moon drew her attention first. She knew about natural satellites, yes, but to see one was… she hadn’t yet decided whether she liked it or not. It intrigued her, at least.

The stars, however…

Twinkle…

…twinkle…

…little star

…The stars disturbed her.

Leaving Zira was necessity. Amrynn knew that. She had spent her whole life saying goodbye. Sentiment wasn’t enough reason to stay.

And she was so very sure that all she needed were the stars, and she could forget.

But she’d forgotten that along the way, the patterns would lose their shapes. She couldn’t recognize them anymore, and if they recognized her, they did not say. And the light… this planet was so flodded with light, it clouded the sky.

She didn’t know what to feel.

All Amrynn knew was that this was yet another reminder that she was the alien here.

How I wonder what you are 💫