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Warnings: sad & scientific. (But not one because the other.)
Character: 2012 Donatello
Lightyear
Do you remember when I first told you that light had a speed, and I could prove it?
I was seven.
I'm seventeen tonight.
The stars are so far away from us that the light they create takes years to reach us. Decades, centuries.
In the meantime, the stars continue their lives. How many of those who soothe my soul tonight are already dead, exploded, collapsed?
And I'll never know.
Science taught me that something could be dead and its light still illuminate my path.
Life teaches me that it's true for people, too.
I still miss you.
