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He caught her as she swam to him in the water, his hands upon her sides.
"I don't skin animals often but I was well taught," he answered. "The hide is either worth some credits or I can have it made into something useful say, a coat, rug or something like that."
He moved to her side as she pointed at the star and made her speech about it.
Together, they just looked up at it. When she turned to him, he just gave a light, closed mouth smile after her shrug and answered, "Yes, it does." He then looked to the star, "I remember hearing about wishing upon that first star. I always wondered how if those wishes really did come true or not as I never really made a wish on one."
He looked back at her, standing still in the water. She was beautiful and she made him feel at ease.
"I also know that to tell your wish is to make it not come true....or so it's said," he added, "so maybe we should keep them to ourselves for now."