Set in stark reality, they did not resemble the familiar tiny, twinkling diamond lights dotted against black velvet, but terrifying celestial orbs floating within the infinite darkness.
It is amazing how much one could see without the fragile, protective layers of air cocooning us against the vast void beyond it.
Breath-taking.
In a literal sense.
As the deafening screaming around her eventually shushed into a collective whimper, then a dreadful silence; she continued to stare at the stars until they claimed her last breath.