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Cassirin She felt fuzzy. So... so fuzzy. He was saying all the words, and Dot couldn't do anything but smile back and nodnodnod. That Boy was smiling at HER. At Dot. He had smiles just for Dot.
"I don't want you to tell me any secrets if it means you think I'm like talking to a dog. I'm a Dot. But you could talk to a princess in the sky and I think she'd listen." Dot tried very hard to follow Toby's directions. Andromeda wasn't up all the time, but her mother was (that was a shame), and her mother was found between the big bear and the little bear. And near the princess was the winged horse.
Which was very nice for her. "Cassiopeia. She's not very nice." Dot drew the W-shape, which she'd finally spotted. Mean queen on her throne. "I'll stay here with you, and you can tell the stars your secrets." He got an arm cuddle, since she was preeeeetty sure he wouldn't notice.
"Hey, I wonder how many people tell Andromeda THEIR secrets. I bet it's a lot. People TRUST princesses, right?" What was he even talking about? Toby didn't even know anymore. He watched as Dot appeared to find what she was looking for, and drew out a shape. Cassiopeia? THAT made sense.
"Uh-huh, I've heard that about her. I mean. From the textbook." Yeah. YEAH. AND, as a matter of fact, Toby DID notice the arm cuddle, but he was in such high spirits at the moment that he didn't mind at all. Though would he have minded anyway? NOPE.
OOOOOH. HE was gonna find Pegasus. Toby was a fan of Pegasus; with the BIG square and how you could find it using the Big and Little Dippers and all. And POLARIS. The star he'd spoken to. Toby used his free hand to point at Polaris in the sky again when he found it, THEN he used that AND the Plough to follow a line thrOUUUGH the night sky until he ended up pointing at a space near where Dot had found Cassiopeia.
"AHaaaaaaa!" the Hufflepuff exclaimed triumphantly, still pointing.
"The Great Square of Pegasus. How NEAT is that?" Man. SO NEAT.
"ApPARently, Pegasus and Andromeda SHARE a star. Which I think is SO cool." Sharing is CARING, after all. Toby drew out the LEGS and stuff in the air too, which made up the REST of Pegasus, aaand huZZAH. Done. Found it.
He lowered his arm again and kept on grinning up at the stars. Should he share a secret? None were really coming to mind right now.
"I love stars."