Two dark silhouettes undulated in the starry night sky, as big and as dark as the vault of heaven itself. They spoke a language he didn't understand while lights flickered off under him. He was descending, slowly. And suddenly he understood their speech, but it seemed slurred. Too deep; as if it had been slowed down... Some of it was missing.
"Don't you think you're ––––– with the untraceability? It's a bit much..."
"Better safe than –––... If he's late for school, it can be managed. But if they find him..." He (He was pretty sure that was a he) trailed off. "We'll have to –––– everyone that he's dead; this place needs to be ––– forgotten."
Lights flickered, blue strands of silky stardust caressed his small body. Their waltzing circles filled the air and space, forming moving bridges between the stars. Under him, in the street, a car passed them by. It had to slow down because of the sudden darkness, lit its headlight, and sped away with a satisfying murmur.
"But his education... If he doesn't have an education-"
"He'll be protected. I'm sure he can wait a little without losing his –––. By then we'll have made –––– safe for his return, and he'll have been forgotten... It won't be easy, but I..." hesitation didn't become this eternal voice. "I think it's for the best."
The dancing lights brought him to sleep.