It just doesn't happen.It just doesn't happen. Not by some sub-adolescent species with oversized nostrils. The Sinox did not kill my grandfather, and I know it!" Rainy put her tens around her best friend's shoulders and said "I know, Bawr, I know. They're my parents, trust me, I know." Ember buried her head in Rainy's chest and began crying. She cried for a long time, loud sobs shuddering through her every once in a while, sometimes accompanied by a little peal, a little prayer. "I want him to come home," Ember said in her little voice. "I want him to come home and hold me, take me to bed and play with me again. I want to touch him and hold him and kiss him and bite him." P'raine grinned gently. "I want to feel his tongue against my clit, and his cock inside my pussy again. I miss him, and it's not fucking fair!" P'raine stroked Ember's hair. "No, it isn't. Over there on that wall is Dad's proof that life isn't fair," she said, pointing to the picture of Donna. "Sometimes people die. Sometimes they just leave." "But not Ken, not Ken, he couldn't just leave without saying goodbye. He couldn't just die somewhere out there, among the stars. Why'd he want to leave Pendor anyway?" P'raine shrugged slightly. "He liked the stars, and he liked to travel. He once joked that the was the ultimate tourist, and he had built the ultimate place to see." She smiled. Ember smiled through her tears, still crying gently. "It's still not fair." "No, it isn't. But maybe he'll come back. Maybe it'll be soon. You could wake up tomorrow and find him and mom and Aaden and maybe even Rowan moving right back in." "Probably not," Ember said. "No, probably not," Rainy agreed. "But it could happen." Ember smiled slightly and said, "I know." She brushed at the tears that had flowed down onto her fur and said, "I just wish. |