Star looks down at the paper and her eyes fill with tears. She blinks them back, her eyes slipping through several colors finally settling on a light grey. The men at the table look at each other, not sure what to say or what has made Star look so sad.
Erik hugs her, trying to cheer her up. “If you give me a couple days Princess, I will help you find out what we can. Maybe Rainas friend knows something.....”
Star nods, and slowly rips the paper in half. Stacking the sheets she rips it in half again and over again several times until the pieces are very small and unreadable. She makes a neat stack of the scraps in the center of the table.
Guunnar reaches a hand across the table, “Little sister..”
Star looks at him, and blows on the stack she has made, scattering the pieces in all directions.
Mya has been watching from her perch in the berries in the rafters. She flits down to the table, crosses her arms, stomps her foot and starts to chatter angrily, no one sure what she is saying. She tries to catch some of the papers, trying to piece them back together.
Star leans into Erik and whispers, “I love you...”
She stands, picks up her wine glass and turns to leave. She glances at Keon and pauses. “I am glad I cc...could help you. But if you are truly in my dd..debt then tell me the truth. I am not a fff..fool and I am not a child to have secrets kept from.”
Star turns to leave and Mya, with a kick to the papers still on the table flits up and follows Star up the stairs.
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