Unlike Luna, Carrie was mostly ignorant of the names and movements of the stars, but she did think they were very pretty. She floated through the grounds, happy for once, watching stars above her and moths fluttering around and occasionally through her.
Suddenly she heard a soft sigh from nearby. She followed the sound to see a girl with a telescope, making notes with what looked like an unusually long pencil. Carrie wanted to go and talk to the girl, but she remembered too clearly the last time she'd run into someone in the grounds and wound up as drinking fountain to a demon duke. Well, how many demons would disguise themselves as a skinny young woman with an interest in astronomy? But then, how many demons would disguise themselves as the sort of guy who lurks in dark alleys in a dirty raincoat? Carrie pondered this conundrum briefly, then decided this was not the way to get things done. She drifted to within the girl's range of vision and was about to speak when she remembered that her "new friend" was likely to run screaming. She hovered in an agony of confusion, not daring to do anything.
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Date: 2005-10-28 09:45 pm (UTC)Suddenly she heard a soft sigh from nearby. She followed the sound to see a girl with a telescope, making notes with what looked like an unusually long pencil. Carrie wanted to go and talk to the girl, but she remembered too clearly the last time she'd run into someone in the grounds and wound up as drinking fountain to a demon duke. Well, how many demons would disguise themselves as a skinny young woman with an interest in astronomy? But then, how many demons would disguise themselves as the sort of guy who lurks in dark alleys in a dirty raincoat? Carrie pondered this conundrum briefly, then decided this was not the way to get things done. She drifted to within the girl's range of vision and was about to speak when she remembered that her "new friend" was likely to run screaming. She hovered in an agony of confusion, not daring to do anything.