You're trying. That counts.

[She tells him that, and it might be a few months, but months can turn to years, to centuries. And that can be repentance, and not the angsty kind.]

Really? That's...well, I guess it's easy to forget.

[That there's a naked sky, that they can come up here like this. She didn't really get a chance to do this at home, but she wanted to. It was a little like freedom, light pollution or no. She took in a slow, deep breath, leaning against him more.]

I tried going up during the rain but...that was just a bad idea. I couldn't support myself.

This is better for it anyway.

[Leaning her cheek against a hot guy, looking at the stars and the settlement, What could be better?]