He holds it gently—not as a possession, but as a memory. A moon once loud with light, now resting in the hush between stars. His body, etched with constellations, forms a cradle of silence.
This is not sorrow. This is reverence. The stillness of celestial things that no longer need to shine to be sacred. Around him, moths flutter like faded prayers. He does not speak. He listens. And in his stillness, the universe remembers how to breathe.