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Ah, right. He was supposed to be working on his ‘listening skills’. The star crossed his arms and tilted his head, pressing his lips together.“When…” Astrodude started, then seemed to rethink, shaking his head. “Did you have any help? With taking care of the planets?”
Oh. Was that why he came outside? It was a stupid question. Sol shifted his weight, shrugging. “Nope!”
A silence. “Really? No one?”
“Nope.” Who would Sol have gotten help from?
———On Earth’s surface, Astrodude and Sun have a conversation.
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Alright then. Sol went over to the sink and took the metal utensils from a still yawning Earth. “Go to bed, Tellus.” He mumbled, the name slipping out without thought. “I’ll clean up.”
Earth stood there, dumbstruck. “Uh…”
“Bed, couch, table, floor, I don’t care where you go as long as you sleep.” Sol pushed him away from the sink. “You look exhausted.”
“You are not sleeping on the floor,” Luna said firmly. He’d been silently watching them both with bright grey eyes. He ducked underneath his planet's arm and tugged him out the door, sparing the star a glance. “It’s unhygienic.”
“Hey. Technically, I am the floor.” Anything else Earth might’ve said was cut off by another yawn.
Good. They needed their rest. Especially Earth, he’s spent too much energy trying to get us all down here.
They’d already spent the last two Earth months “working on self improvement”, something that involved much too much talking for the stars liking. And a lot about listening, and waiting before reacting which was exhausting and gave him a headache.
It felt pointless. But Luna and Earth are talking to me… kind of. It’s something. The only reason they hadn’t left with the others was because Earth physically couldn’t.
So even if it felt like what little control and dignity and status he had left was being ripped away from under him, he went through with it. Because I want to be better. I don’t know if I can be, I don’t know how to be anything else. But I want to try.
After two months, Astrodude was called back to his planet. Something, something, contract his ‘boss’, something something. Sol didn’t pay too much attention to the details. He wasn’t even sure what a ‘boss’ was. But Earth had felt bad about keeping Astrodude away from his family, told him to come back. They’d figure out a different method.
Which was what had lead to their current situation. Trapped in human bodies on the planet’s surface. Sol wasn’t even able to shoot solarflares like this.
Maybe that’s the reason Earth insisted on this. To muzzle me, so I can’t hurt anyone. Like when the rest of the planets had combined their mass to crush him.
At least down he couldn’t see how empty his system was.