Galen lay dying quietly in the alien light.
Brennan held his head gently, steadying his companion's final glimpses of the cosmos.
The sky above, though bounded by the glittering lanes of ice and dust, was infinite and deep.
Galen saw into it truly for the first time in the moment after he stopped breathing and before Brennan started crying. It was deep black, bordered by glistening silver and blue, and looking back at him.
