Outside Chupacabra cabin: Pre-dawn hours, Tuesday morning

[vkandis_son]

Karal was lying on his back, staring up into the sky, arms folded under his head. The star map he'd been given in class was spread out on the ground nearby, and Altra was standing over it.

"Which one next?"

Altra peered at the map, then up into the sky. :Hmm, try for Hercules.:

"All right." After several minutes scanning, he pointed. "There."

:Very good.:

Karal smiled at the praise. "Altra, do you think our stars are other worlds? Or are they simply lights in the night?"

:When it's time for that to be known, it will be known. Until then, find Cygnus.:

He really hadn't expected an answer. His world hadn't yet found a collective name for itself; in no way was it ready for the idea of stars as other worlds, looking down on them. "Cygnus is there," he said, pointing once more.

It was cool and dark, though there was faint illumination from the cabins, hopefully enough they wouldn't be tripped over should anyone come wandering by, and he felt calm, almost peaceful, out here in the night.

[ooc: open if you'd like. Karal is talking quietly, but not so much so that he couldn't be overheard.]