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Anonymous File :-(, x)
The child beamed at the sky, exclaiming, "Look Mommy! The stars! They're falling..."
A raindrop plopped on her head. Lightly touching her hair where the raindrop landed, she looked up to her mother. Her mother was glaring into the night sky, her eyes desperately and silently pleading to the stars. She should have known years ago, but she refused to believe her instincts, and she silenced her inner cries and warnings until now. As tears were rolling down her face, she asked, "Do... do you remember Uncle Kittan?"
The child gave returned an odd look at first, in confusion of her mother's tears. She was unsure of what to say, but she eventually stammered out a, "N-n...no..."
Kiyoh kneeled down, hugged her child, gasping for breath in between cries of sorrow. She planted her face into her child's hair, her tears matting the hair upon her face. Glancing up to the sky again, she saw the largest star in the sky fade away. And in her mind, she saw the greatest star, the King Kittan, slowly fade away as well.
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