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Padme had quite the system going. She'd mentally split up the sky, and was carefully working on making a star map. She had them of the Earth - that was easily enough found in books, as were several for other planets

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[crazyspacegirl]

River had spent a good bit of time mapping out the island's sky herself. She didn't often find other people doing it, so stumbling upon Padme on her night time wanderings would have been surprising if Simon hadn't found her first, and barked out a warning for River.

"Hello," said River, peering at Padme's map in the dim light of the moon. "Did you find the squirrel constellation yet? I named it Jim."

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Padme looked up at River, her eyes crinkling as her face blossomed into a smile. "Not yet, I don't think. Can you show me?" She laughed, her eyes bright. "Jim is an entirely suitable- and even apt, I'd think, name for a squirrel constellatioin."

[crazyspacegirl]

"Yes, I think it's the best name for a squirrel ever, and that it's a constellation squirrel is even better, because stars stay almost forever."

River sat down beside Padme and squinted up at the sky. "There," she said, pointing. "That's the tail, there. I mapped it for Jim, for his birthday."

[heartintrust]

Padme squinted, and nodded when she could see the shape of the squirrel emerge, and looked up at the sky, scribbled someting, and then did it again.

"I'm trying to plot roughly where we are from the stars to star-charts. Might help with the weather and all." She looked over at River, a smile on her face. "How're you, then?" It'd been a while since they'd spoken, much less actually talked.