Stars fall all the time, but not like this.
This was not a fall so much as a pull.
A tug. A beckoning, a demanding, a pleading and begging and galactic rocking. It was not done softly, but boldly and excitedly.
It was done with love and hope and anticipation and fear. It was done without precedent in the minds of those alive.
It was done with the blessing of death, but not of life.
It was done wildly.
And so, the former-captain, father of Aoife, and so many other things, plummeted.
He fell and fell and fell, burning in the atmosphere, his soul being purified and restored, the cosmic balance sighing with his entry into the atmosphere. He fell with the sound of seabirds and laughter ringing in his ears, and a smile star-bright in his mind.
But finally he fell no more, and starfires of radiance danced across Safrin's face as she smiled. The impact crater was great, but the man within would be unharmed.
He would be changed forever though. Those touched by the gods often are, and those whose souls are bartered for especially so.
This was not a fall so much as a pull.
A tug. A beckoning, a demanding, a pleading and begging and galactic rocking. It was not done softly, but boldly and excitedly.
It was done with love and hope and anticipation and fear. It was done without precedent in the minds of those alive.
It was done with the blessing of death, but not of life.
It was done wildly.
And so, the former-captain, father of Aoife, and so many other things, plummeted.
He fell and fell and fell, burning in the atmosphere, his soul being purified and restored, the cosmic balance sighing with his entry into the atmosphere. He fell with the sound of seabirds and laughter ringing in his ears, and a smile star-bright in his mind.
But finally he fell no more, and starfires of radiance danced across Safrin's face as she smiled. The impact crater was great, but the man within would be unharmed.
He would be changed forever though. Those touched by the gods often are, and those whose souls are bartered for especially so.
