Obligation is plucking at me...*

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I've been drawn to you time and time again, Daruma.

Against better habit, I've sat for long moments with you.

Something warns that I'm putting myself in danger, allowing you so close...





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"Ah but to engage in that

"Ah but to engage in that dance we talked about, you must allow me to slip past your walls...I find no joy in breaking things, little stella."
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Some things are easier said

Some things are easier said than done.
Would I break any rules to bend for you? Has any other star done such a thing before?


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"Mah, but who sets these

"Mah, but who sets these rules?" My dances with stars has been limited, I've only caught those that have fallen.. "
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What did you do with them

What did you do with them when you caught them, Daruma... ?




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" I put their lifeless husks

" I put their lifeless husks to rest..spread beneath to soil, in hopes of perhaps nourishing some life. I question my success."
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For a long while,

For a long while, silence.












Then, If you caught me?
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A smile that conveys mild

A smile that conveys mild warmth, " I'd nurture you, little stella, cultivate that spark of life until your end..
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But I'm still so young. I

But I'm still so young. I have millions or more years before my light ends, Daruma.


Would you dance for so long with me?

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A fox sly grin creeps across

A fox sly grin creeps across his face, eyes crescent slashes-his words spark a deja vu, " So long as you'll have me...little stella"
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Light dimmed a moment before

Light dimmed a moment before flickering back up, But, whom shall have whom?

Under your hand, should that make me a possession?
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"Would we not both have the

"Would we not both have the other? To be under my hand would make you tame, but not broken"
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You should know well that

You should know well that tameness is earned, Daruma, sage...

And we will be responsible for one another forever.
A dimming, and his voice hushed to a whisper, That- do you want that, Daruma?
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"Mah, of course, of course...

"Mah, of course, of course... I wouldn't invest myself in this way, if I wasn't intrigued, little one..not at all"
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If you tamed me,

If you tamed me, Daruma,
Would you cherish me like nothing you have ever possessed?



Would I trust you like my own sky, until the day I lose light... ?
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" Stella, my stella..I cannot

" Stella, my stella..I cannot promise to be your sky, I don't know what dwells up there with you-but I'd hold you above all else within my grasp..even when your world grow frigid and dim."
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Your vows both frighten and

Your vows both frighten and uplift me, Daruma.

For what I am, I don't know what it's like to do such a thing, I've never experienced it. I can't even be sure what its name is.

When you have caught me, Daruma, may you stay true to your promises...





And someday share a dance with me.
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A deep sigh and pensieve

A deep sigh and pensieve look,"Ah it can be thrilling, are you willing to chance it? That first trepidatious step, one that leads to the dance? I can only promise so much, you must decide if this has any worth."
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The first thep... A glance to

The first thep... A glance to the sky, an unsure quiver of light made it clear he was in thought.



He didn't avert his gaze from the heavens, Am I prepared to become so strikingly different from my brothers and sisters? Stars don't dance...

... But I wonder what it would be like.

To make someone the center of my world like I once made the horizon so. It's such a daunting change, Daruma.

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A swivel of the head brings

A swivel of the head brings his gaze upon the celestial, sleek jaws click in thought," Mah, breaking the does take some courage..but would you be complacent with the mundane thoughts of what could have been? Anyone can learn the dance, stella, if they want it enough.."