"Have you ever wished for anything? Something you knew you shouldn't or couldn't have for whatever reason, but you still couldn't help but want it anyway?"
She sat up, and twisted herself so that she was fully facing his side.
"Stars, shooting stars anyway, are for wishes like those."
She could see a muscle tick in the corner of his eye that signaled his confusion.
"And what power do these wish granting stars hold, miko?"
"I told you the first - hope - the second is freedom. Freedom of the strain it puts on you to carry it around, and the hope that it just may come true."