In the Lights You Make

Seren

I am magnet for all kinds of deeper wonderment
Destined to seek, destined to know

Sitting was nice, but talking really was better. Seren didn't know that this was considered skirting the rules, tiptoeing the line of breaking it, so to speak... but if she had known, hey, she wanted to be a pirate! Lawlessness was in the job description.

Torn from a jealous comparison of her short legs with Nate's immensely long ones, she smiled at him, happy that he liked her home. "Yeah, I like it too. Daddy is here, and Remi, and Sunjata. The sea is pretty and I like my room. Sometimes I miss being with Mama in the stars, but this is nice too."

It was mostly difficult when she was just about to sleep. Once, it had been a mere act of closing the eyes, and her dreams would fill with the image of stars, moons, galaxies slowly spinning into existence and dying off again. But here, there was a darkness behind her eyelids that was not so comfortable. Where her thoughts ran wild and dreams were not always sweet.

"Where were you before you lived here?" One question always led to another. At least Seren had the good sense to stick to one at a time.

I am a princess on the way to my throne
Destined to reign, destined to roam