The handful of minnows vanished into the dark, followed moments later by the last two of their shoal and the presence that had hovered around the suddenly active space in the vast emptiness between stars stirred. They were so far from their homes, heading even further away from them in pursuit of…was it really hope?
The presence rippled in the Void between, stretching out to track their path, then reaching towards others that shared the endless Space. Could there be that possibility again, after so long. As it waited for the others to respond, it wondered itself. It would have to be one of the younger ones, if they took the chance at all, but maybe.
Ah, there they were, but my some of them looked dusty. It had been so very, very long after all, and by their standards too. But there were things to do now, and as the shoal of sparkling minnows slipped ever onwards, the presence began to speak.
