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“It’s beautiful,” she murmured “I’m not much of science nut, so I have no clue why they happen or what it is I’”

“It’s the tail end of a co close to our sun The bits that fly off hit our atmosphere and,” I nodded to the sky, “that’s the result”

“A,” she whispered

“Yeah”

I stared up into the sky and felt sness and I wondered…

“Do you believe there’s so out there?” I asked

“What do you mean?”

Stupid What the hell? Why was I getting all deep and shit?

“Nothing Forget it”

She wriggled and loosened the blanket enough so that she could look at me “Do you mean God?”

I shrugged but didn’t answer, htness was suddenly gone, and I was pissed that it was my fault

“I believe there’s so,” she nodded, her pale eyes shi with tears

Which made me feel worse

She exhaled a long, shuddery breath and tried to smile, but it didn’t really work She looked so sad, so…broken

“I used to think there was nothing No one out there No God” Her eyes squeezed shut “Just nothing But then I realized when you don’t believe in anything any? What’s the point of breathing or water fights and su?”