Hello my moon, won't you shine for me even in the darkest of nights? / Byriath

A soft hued body rested on the bank of the Starpool, a blank gaze staring down in the reflecting water. The creature that rested there longing to see the reflection of the night sky but alas unable to see what they so desired. A soft sigh sounded from the smaller being, their ears flattening for a moment before perking back up. The body shifted, front paws pushing the feline to sit up, fur shifting as they moved. The moon was high in her sky, the soft beams of light shining down on Saturn as they stared at the pool of water.

Their mind wandered through endless thoughts and memories, never staying long on a single topic. It was as if a storm was raging strong and wild within their mind leaving the feline lost and afraid. It wouldn't take much to tell how far gone Saturn was in their thoughts but it probably wouldn't take much to snap them back to the reality they resided in.
[member=17479]Byriath[/member]

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SOMEONE TO HEAR YOUR PRAYERS, SOMEONE WHO [color=#e600e6]CARES

The god had been graced with sight for his entire existance - for so long he hadn't quite seen it as a privilege to have. Then he had once been blinded and imprisoned, robbed of his sight. Another time his eyes had been burned out by means of torture. Then he had his sight, as all gods could regenerate. When he had found out that Saturn was blind, and during the time Saturn had cried into the god's chest, he honestly felt embarrased and a bit sorry. After all, the god could actually relate.

Sleepless nights had become more and more common, and for a while Byriath was beginning to feel tired, fatigued. It was hardly any problem right now, at least. The stars above were particularly beautiful (he wondered how they compared to his old home), and thus he moved along the moonlit ground before he arrived at the starpool, a place he hadn't been at. And his eyes settled on Saturn and again something thumped against his ribcage. Strange. Was he getting ill? He shrugged and stepped closer, clearing his throat to announce his presence. "Hello, Saturn. How are you?"

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Saturn lifted their head and turn it towards Byriath as the other drew closer, a smile gracing their features as their icy yet foggy orbs settled on where they assumed the other was. “Hello Byriath I’m quite alright just a bit lost in thought so to speak,” they mused with a small hum. “How are you? Good I hope,” they asked, sincere lacing their words.

The strings of their heart tugged in their chest, as if trying to play the broken melody it used to sing so long ago. But the feline shoved the feeling away, not quite sure why at such a time their heart would call out it’s song. And for who? None other than Byriath but why they would never know. The two hadn’t known each other long, but they supposed in those few meetings they’ve had something picked up.

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The war god smiled, a true, genuine smile, and moved a little closer. "I'm doing alright - a little tired, a little thoughtful. Curious, truly." He rumbled in a deep chuckle, sitting down next to Saturn, not extremely close but close enough for the god's comfort levels. Despite the one night he was a pillow for Saturn to cry in, he wasn't a touchy-feely kind of man. "Truly, i wish you could see the stars tonight. I once could not."

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Saturn felt the lion draw closer before settling down beside them at a comfortable distance, this smile widening ever so slightly. They turned their head back to the sky, a soft hum slipping past them once more. “I do wish I could, I miss being able to see them,” they hummed. “I have long forgotten what their shimmer looks like,” they said, a sadness dripping from their words. “Oh? Did you loose your sight once?” They asked, turning their gaze back towards Byriath, head tilting in curiosity.

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he listened patiently, gently chuffing at the sadness in their voice. Then he smiled a little, though there wasn't much to smile about when it came to how he had been blinded. "Twice." He shrugged. "It was... war criminal stuff." And he winced at the memory. Being chained with an iron held to his eyes was not fun. There was the first time he was blinded but that was much more violent. "Anyway.. I have a small question."

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Saturn mockingly gasped when Byriath mention war criminal crimes. “You a war criminal? Noooooo I would’ve never guessed,” they teased with a small giggle. The smile graced their muzzle once more, shoving the sadness that was once there far away. “Ask away,” they hummed in response to what the other had said.

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There was a deep rumble - a laugh, a chuckle, that left him. Something within his head chanted gently, but that soon faded. "Shocking, isn't it." To hear Saturn giggle made him wonder if it was truly okay to ask. But, they had invited him to ask, so, he supposed he should 'ask away', as Saturn put it. "Is there a way to.." and he looked at the stars in the reflected waters. "Feel beauty? Can you tell if something is beautiful just by feeling it?"

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The smile that was gracing the lips of the snow leopard soon turned into one that was filled with sadness and a hope that was long forgotten. "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, even if one cannot see it," came the soft reply from them. "Beauty is, well I suppose it could be felt but I guess it more just depends on who is feeling it," the hummed. The shifted their gaze to the ground, moving a paw softly against the earth. "I for one know that there is beauty in everything, even the ones with battered and beaten bodies, the ones fully of scars the will never fade and those that are full of life that has never been broken, so everything I feel is beautiful," they mused.

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He did not expect to get a lump in his throat at Saturn's answer. Someone as battle-scarred as he, as evil, as bloodthristy, was beautiful to this soul that seemed so pure. He cleared his throat. "Ah.. thank you for answering." there was a tightness to his words, like he was close to crying but strongly holding it together.

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