"Whether she was running roads of cold vacuum between so many stars, or whether she was swimming in the warm lake of a sun's heart or sitting on an asteroid to watch the star-pecked darkness go by, he never felt far away." Inspired by an image from the "Seventh Moon" animation. Written for Trope Subversion Bingo at wtf hollow. Prompt: Tentacles. (In this case, not real tentacles.)

In Valhalla, it is considered good maners to watch the Goddess release a Puella Magi, but everyone watches as she brings the oldest of the Magical Girls, Akemi Homura, home.