Six Feet Under the Stars

"What are we going to do here?"

The boy who had asked it obviously wasn't in the mood for a barren desert. His head was still hung slightly, and he stood hunched over, eyes diverted to the sand below for his own safety. He shouldn't have spoken... She would have told him eventually. Now he was going to be punished... But it wasn't as if he couldn't just heal anything she did to him. Sighing slightly, he dared to look up as he waited for an answer. Nine months. He would have to deal with this for nine months. Could he stand it?