Dancing In the Moonlight (Nightsky)

[Aurora Clemens]

While Aurora wasn't named after the sky, she was named after the time she had been born. According to her parents, the sun was just barely peeking over the horizon when she came into this world as an only child. And so, they thought "Aurora" was appropriate for their newly born daughter. While not as prophetic as Night's name, it seemed to be just as fitting for the girl.

Luckily Night didn't voice his summary of Aurora's appearance, as she tended to be quite conscious of the massive radars that sat atop her head. The only other people she'd ever seen with ears as big as her own had been her parents and well, they weren't around anymore. Thoe only other people she'd seen had been cats, dogs, and even a manticore, and all of their ears were at least proportional to their bodies. She supposed her ears were rather useful at times, but sometimes she just had normal ears. Then again, as her mother used to say, "hoping will never get you anywhere, you might as well accept who you are and be proud of it". That always seemed to make her feel better when her anxiety was getting the better of her.

It seemed that her large ears were proving themselves useful yet again when she heard Night approach, so she didn't jump and mess up on her drawing when Night spoke. Aurora spent a moment finishing a line before she lifted her mismatched gaze up to the kitten and gave him a bashful smile. She was about to nod at his first question before he suddenly decided to sit down and give her company. While she didn't mind the company of the slightly younger kitten, she wasn't expecting him to invite himself into her personal space. While her smile did flicker in surprise for a moment, she managed to retain it. She was actually happy to see that someone seemed to enjoy the stars as much if not more than herself.

Then Nightkit asked her about astrology and astronomy. While she knew some about astronomy, she knew even little about astrology. Vin told her it was a method that people used to try to find their fate, but he said it didn't work, as he didn't really believe in fate. And that had really been the end of astrology, but he had been happy to share his knowledge of the stars with her though. "Well, I don't know too much about astrology, but I know a bit about astronomy." She said before she tilted her journal in Nightkit's direction. "My dad taught me about the constellations and has shown me things like the North Star. Here I've even drawn a few of them, I'm currently working on Orion." She said, showing him the page with the dippers and part of the Orion constellations drawn in a "Connect-the-Dots" fashion. Although the dippers looked like there was more detail added on, making them look a bit more three-dimensional.

While she was pretty sure they met at the border, she felt the need to reintroduce herself, as she didn't think they had properly talked when she joined. "You're Nightkit right? I'm Aurora" It was neat to meet someone with a traditional name like Night's, and given how much he seemed to like the night sky, she thought it was aptly named. She liked it.