It had been years since Ieni had last clambered up onto the roof of the home she shared with her parents to think. But something about tonight… maybe it was just that she wanted access to the cooling night breeze after the heat of the day. Or maybe it was the only place where Ieni could be mostly alone with nothing but the elements for company. Whatever the reason, she’d bundled herself and an old beach towel out and was now laying on the towel, gazing up at the star filled sky.

“One of those belongs to us,” she murmured to herself. Something in the thought was oddly comforting. Even if she couldn’t reach that far off star, it was there. It would be there until the heat death of the universe. Weird as it was, the thought did a lot to help soothe her troubled soul. Maybe because it helped her to feel some connection to the larger world? Who knew? And really, what did it matter? Sighing a little, Ieni sat up, eyes still fixed on the stars. Running her hand through her hair, she let her thoughts drift. What if someone like Corvus had found her before the Dark Mirror Court had? Would she be able to visit that far off star? Though, given Corvus’ initial reaction on meeting her, Ieni suspected that such a thing might’ve been akin to fate rubbing salt in an old wound.

“Hey star,” she started speaking softly, feeling like the cold, twinkles of light above her were better than any priest when it came to confessing, “I’m a damn doppleganger for some poor, dead senshi. And I’ve known for a while that I had an older half-sister who vanished. Seems fair to suspect they might’ve been the same person, yeah? I know her aunt lives in town, but if what I think is true, it might be super ******** mean to drop in on an old lady. I mean, Corvus was freaked. What if I’m right and I end up killing an old woman because I look just like my sister?”

Making a strangled, irritated noise, Ieni flopped back against the roof, wincing slightly. Arms moving to cushion the back of her head, she stared in silence at the night sky. Ten, she started to talk again, wanting to get the feelings out in the open.

“I think I woulda liked to have met my sister. Just like I woulda liked to have met this Saiph that Corvus talked about. If they are, were, whatever the same person, I feel like i missed out. And if they were the same, I would have liked to know that my sister was proud of me. Way people talk, I don’t think she would have hurt me. And she would’ve protected me from our mother. I know that. Mostly, I wish I knew if I was right or not. But I am not gonna track down an old lady to hurt just to test a theory. Hell, maybe someday I’ll be brave enough to just flat out ******** ask Corvus. That’ll be interesting to say the very least.”

With another sigh, Ieni gave up on talking and just allowed herself to drift off in the night breeze, lulled to sleep by the stars.