Amazon smiled sadly at Luster as she crawled up next to her. "But I'm your mother. It's not your job to worry about me." She reached out again, softly touching the fur on her muzzle. A thought suddenly occurred to her as she glanced at the gem on Luster's head. When Onye had died, when her body had melted horribly away, Amazon had been too afraid to inspect it closely but it looked like it was the gem that had caused her premature death. Pressing against her skull, into her head...horrible. Fear flashed through her and her eyes narrowed with worry.

"What about you, Luster? How's your head? You haven't been sick at all, have you? Or you haven't been light headed?" She dearly hoped that the same problems that had killed the baby aardwolf wouldn't follow her daughter in this second life. Or if her own abnormalities would have carried over through life, even thought it was her gem that was the problem.

She closed her eyes for a moment, convincing herself that it was all okay. Fater would not be so cruel. Luster was the light - the child of two that were destined to die from the start, she would live and shine brighter then the two that had come before. "I've been travelling," she forced herself to say, casually. "I saw more of Polaris and Pisces this time."

Even though Amazon was panicking a bit, she still managed to smile proudly at Luster when she talked about her magic. "I'm proud of you. If you keep practicing, you'll be able to do amazing things!" She hadn't explored magic herself, but she wondered if, perhaps, she should have. Would her ability to use magic still be stunted if she had focused on it? Perhaps she could have found a spell that would heal her. But she shut that idea down - if Pride hadn't found it, then she wouldn't have been able to either.

She breathed out, letting Luster's response convince her that she was safe from the cruelty of fate. "Good...good. I just want to make sure. I love you very much, Luster." She giggled a bit at the ticklish feeling of Luster's tongue in the palm of her claw. "They are big! Polaris has got the Spire and the river and Orion has the Tower and the stars! I walked around the Forum this time, its this big crumbled building here in Orion. I will take you there, sometime. Or even beyond! We'll go see Eridanus, where there's lots of plants, and Monoceros where the winds are so strong even birds get knocked away!"

Seeing Luster so happy made Amazon both relieved and sad. They didn't have much time left. She wanted to tell her, oh, she really wanted to let her know and prepare her for when she was gone, but she didn't have the heart. She wanted to see that smiling, shining face as much as she could. She didn't want their precious little time together marred by worry and sadness. She didn't want to see pity in her eyes whenever she looked over and she didn't want to comfort her over something like this. It's not fair. She'd really been thinking that a lot lately.

"The Spire...it's big! So big I couldn't see the top! It's really bright and it glows and when you stand near it you feel like you can run across the world. It's really something." She nodded and giggled again at the soft nip that Luster gave her, but a deep sadness ran through her within. That was a promise she could never keep, but still, she smiled wide and clasped her claws around Luster's nuzzle. "I promise. Solemnly swear!" She held it like that for a moment, pushing down the lump in her throat until she could speak again and her grip loosened. "Where do you want to go first?"