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[a_time_slip]

Since we're on a little bi of a travel break, are you ready for more lessons?

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[a_time_slip]

Do you want drinks? I can- we can go someplace with them. Or hang out at the boat. Anything you want.

[lostinthefog]

Mh, how about outside, at the beach under the stars? And drinks for the breaks.

[a_time_slip]

...alright. That sounds um. Nevermind. Do you want any snacks or anything?

[lostinthefog]

Perhaps we can have some snacks later, last time I got really hungry after our lesson.

Or would you rather go somewhere else?

[a_time_slip]

I passed out and slept after our last lesson...

No! The beach is perfect. It's so,so - um. I'll get some snacks and drinks and a blanket and anything else that we need.

[lostinthefog]

I did that after having a really big burger.

It's so ... what?

[a_time_slip]

Perfect.

[lostinthefog]

Is it? [He smiles, a little bit unsure for a moment.]

Well. Then our evening will be even better.

[a_time_slip]

Yes. [Janie grins]

I haven't danced on the beach in ages.

[lostinthefog]

I don't think I ever have. It's probably more complicated, but at least we won't fall hard.

[a_time_slip]

You'll be there to catch me, won't you?

[lostinthefog]

Always. [He says so almost solemnly.]

[a_time_slip]

[She's quiet for a moment]

We should... go. Do you like looking at the night sky? I do.

[lostinthefog]

... yes. Let's go. [He starts climbing off the boat.]

I've always loved watching stars. Back home, I knew most of their names and constellations. The way I can see them now, though, with ... with these eyes, it's even more marvelous. [He blushes a little, as if this was an embarrassing thing to admit.]

[a_time_slip]

[She follows him, briefly wondering if she should change her outfit to something dressier]

I didn't learn those until I was older, but I can watch them for hours... Is your vision better now that you're a vampire? That's got to be amazing.

[lostinthefog]

[He jumps down and extends a hand to help Janie.]

It is. I can't even properly describe it, but there's ... more. It's dark right now, but I can see as well as if it were a bright day. And the stars ... I never knew there were so many of them, and so many different, subtle shades of color. I wish I could show you.

[a_time_slip]

[She hesitates, but accepts the help down.]

That- I think I understand. I wish I could see it like that, but I'll have to rely on your descriptions instead.

[lostinthefog]

[He just stands there, looking up into the foreign sky.]

They won't do it justice, because I don't think I have the proper words, or if they even exist ... but show me one star you like, and I'll try to describe what it looks like to me.

[a_time_slip]

[Janie looks at him for a moment, then back up at the sky]

Alright... What about that one? [She points to a very bright star]

[lostinthefog]

[Julian follows her gaze, and looks at the star for a moment before speaking in a quiet voice.]

It's huge and shimmering, bright white in its center but surrounded by a blueish, pulsating halo almost ten times its size. It looks solid, like a dancing shard of ice-cold glass on a glittering backdrop, while in truth it's quite the opposite.

[a_time_slip]

That sounds even more beautiful than I could imagine. Thank you.

[lostinthefog]

... it's not even close to what it really looks like, but I can't do it any better.

The sky looks so different here ... is this a star we could see back home, too?

[a_time_slip]

I... don't know. I can't work out where we are on the map.

[lostinthefog]

You don't? I thought this was one of our destinations.

[The news doesn't seem to bother him much, though.]

[a_time_slip]

It tends to find me... [She doesn't seem to mind either]

What does the moon look like?