STARRY SKY A MILLION PLANETS

NO LONGER EQUIPPED TO SUFFER THIS WORLD YOU LEAVE THE STARRY SKY ABOVE IS DARK AND BOUNDLESS [[BETELGEUSE]] [[POLARIS]]

YOU FLOAT DOWN TO A ROCK TWO PLANETS FROM THE RED SUN AND THERES PEOPLE THERE THEIR EYES ARE BOULDERS AND THEY LOOK AT YOU WITH SUSPICION YOU DONT FEEL SAFE HERE BUT YOU TAKE A FLOWER AS A KEEPSAKE [[A BINARY STAR]] [[A WHITE DWARF]]

YOU REST FOR THE NIGHT ON AN ASTEROID UNDER THREE BLAZING EYES YOU NEVER HAD TO NAVIGATE BY THE STARS BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE CHOSE THIS ONE THERES NOTHING HERE BESIDES A FEW ROCKS YOULL HAVE TO MOVE ON SOON [[A BLACK HOLE]] [[A QUASAR]]

THE TWO STARS SWIRL AROUND EACH OTHER AT HIGH SPEED FAST ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN WATCH IT HAPPEN LIKE A PAIR OF DANCERS COMPETING IN A STELLAR TOURNAMENT YOU STOP AT A SMALL PLANET OF SWAMPS AND ROCKY DESERTS AND WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY WITH A SLUG ON YOUR EYELID [[A VIOLET STAR]] [[A WHITE STAR]]

THE OTHER STARS WERE HARSH BUT THE GLOW HERE IS SO GENTLE YOU FEEL SAFER THAN YOU REALLY ARE YOU STOP ON A PLANET IN THE GLOW AND TALK TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THERE YOU HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING COMMON GROUND BUT THEY OFFER YOU A PLACE TO STAY FOR THE NIGHT NEVERTHELESS [[A BLUE STAR]] [[A GREEN STAR]]

YOU PERCH JUST BEFORE THE EVENT HORIZON ITS LIKE STARING OFF A CLIFF INTO THE OCEAN SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE SET UP A SPACE STATION NEARBY BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS TO TALK STARTS ASKING PROBING QUESTIONS SO YOU HASTILY LEAVE [[A PINK STAR]] [[A BLACK DWARF]]

YOU PULL OVER AT A REST STOP SOMEONES SET UP A BLANKET IN THE GRASS AND THEY INVITE YOU TO SIT DOWN BECAUSE ITS GOING TO PULSE IN HALF AN HOUR YOU TALK ABOUT HOME AND THEY HOLD YOU LIKE A FATHER AS THE WORLD LIGHTS UP AND A MOMENT LATER EVERYTHINGS DARK YOU TALK FOR A WHILE LONGER BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO GO [[AN ORANGE STAR]] [[A COLLAPSING STAR]]

ON A PLANET BESET BY RAIN YOU FIND A DEEP DEEP CAVE THAT SHELTERS YOU FROM THE STARS EERIE GLOW AND YOU LIVE YOUR DAYS THERE UNTIL SAMUS ARAN COMES ALONG AND BLASTS YA.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE STAR DISTURBS YOU SO YOU DARE NOT COME CLOSE YOU SLEEP IN THE ICY CAVERNS OF ITS OUTERMOST PLANET YOUR ONLY COMPANY IS THE CREAKING AND GROANING OF THE WORLDS CRUST YOU FEEL SO LONELY.

ITS NOT REALLY A STAR ITS JUST AN ENORMOUS OCEAN WITH NO SHORE AND NO BOTTOM YOU DIVE IN AND THE FISH SWIM AROUND YOU.

ITS LIKE A SHINING EMERALD IN THE DARKNESS OF SPACE YOU GO DOWN TO A STRANGE PLANET AND THE LANDSCAPE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOSS IS SO SOFT AND A BIRD PERCHES ON YOUR SHOULDER AND LOOKS AT YOU CURIOUSLY YOU FIND A FRUIT THAT TASTES MORE DELICIOUS THAN ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND ITS NECTAR LETS YOU LIVE FOREVER CATALOGING THE MANIFOLD CREATURES OF THE WORLD.

YOU FIND A WORLD IN THIS STARS ORBIT WITH CITIES OF TOWERING STEEL AND ROLLING HILLS AND TALL MOUNTAINS AND VAST SCRUBLANDS AND YOU PANIC BECAUSE IT LOOKS JUST LIKE HOME.

YOU SIT ON A COMET AND WATCH THE STAR BUCKLE UNDER THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF POWER AND TIME UNTIL IT BURSTS INTO AN ARRAY OF COLORS SO BRIGHT THAT YOU LOSE YOURSELF IN IT YOU RELIVE THE MOMENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR AN ETERNITY.

A SHINING ORB IN THE DARK IT SEEMS VULNERABLE SOMEHOW BUT A STAR IS STRONGER THAN ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE SO YOU KNOW YOURE JUST PROJECTING SO YOU GO DOWN TO THE SIXTH PLANET FROM THE STAR WHERE WOOLY CREATURES REST IN THE WINTER COLD.

YOU STARE AT THE FIRST STARS CORPSE YOU REACH OUT TO TOUCH IT BUT IT BURNS YOU BECAUSE THE DEAD TAKE ON A LIFE OF THEIR OWN.