Chapter 12 - Lonely Little Lights

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"𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳

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"𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺-𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 (𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦), 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳."

- JM Barrie, Peter Pan -

"And how are we going to find the other stars?" asked Peter, frowning

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"And how are we going to find the other stars?" asked Peter, frowning. He had seen dozens fall, but she alone had made such a crater that it was easy to find. Have the other stars turned into girls, too? Usually, he would have flown, but ... he did not want to make that suggestion now. The star didn't ask about it either ... perhaps because she had seen how hard it was to get up into the sky in the first place?


"We'll ask an old friend of ours for help," the star said, bringing Peter more questions instead of answers.


"What, whom?"


Now even a hint of a smile crept onto the star's lips. Peter noticed that small, silver dots like freckles covered her cheeks, still gleaming softly even in the dull light. Or maybe it was just stardust.


"We call upon the wind to ask my last remaining brothers and sisters in the firmament for their help," the star explained patiently, holding out her arms as if in greeting. In fact, the wind picked up noticeably all at once - almost as it had just before when he had flown into the sky. Just as cheeky and playful as Peter a short time before, he grabbed the strands of the star's hair and let them blow gently. Peter heard the soft murmur in the sound of the breeze. The star opened his lips, but Peter did not understand the ancient language of the stars. He - and perhaps even Titania - were too young.

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