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"Mama...where do stars come from?"
"Little Eagle, let me tell you a story of the beginning, and how a young little cat who danced across constellations dreamed of making a light so bright it fractured and spread across the entire sky."
...
"There was once only darkness and earth in our world-"
"Oh, like how it is now?"
"No my little one, a long time ago it was even darker, so dark cats couldn't survive-"
"AH! OH NO!"
"Shhh, listen my love! The spirits of the heavens longed to see their children on the earth below live long and happy lives, but they believed the darkness too looming to push back-"
"They must not have been trying very hard then!"
"You're right, they didn't try very hard at all. But then there was a young little cat in the heavens who they called Aquila. Aquila was determined that something could be done to bring light to the cats on the earth. Aquila told the other cats in the heavens of his desires to illuminate the sky, but many of the others refused to listen."
"What'd he do next??"
"Aquila took his tail and whipped it into the sun to set it ablaze. For us that would hurt so much! But for the cats of the heavens, this fire settled in his tail and instead of ashes sent shimmers of stars into the sky. Full of excitement, Aquila took off and raced back and forth, back and forth, back and forth until he grew tired."
"Wait, what? Is he okay?!"
"Well, although Aquila had given the cats of earth a great gift of light by the nighttime sky, he had become so tired that he laid down in the stars he'd created to rest. His job was done, and the cats of earth rejoyced and praised him. Satisfied, Aquila drifted to sleep and became a constellation in the sky, his astral body creating one last image in the sky."
"Which one is Aquila! Mama show me, show me!"
"Settle down my child! Here, climb onto my back, I'll show you with my tail. Look, right there to the east, can you see it?"
"...No, I can't fin- WAIT! There it is! Mama look there's Aquila resting in the sky!"
"He is, isn't he? Resting quite well I'd imagine. Now, I know another little cat who should rest tonight, or he'll be too tired to play tomorrow."
"But Mama, I'm not- ti........erd...."
"Sleep well, my darling eagle. Sleep well, and dream of stars and hope."

SO I love space and I love this theme and Arno's name means eagle! Aquila is the eagle constellation so I thought it'd be cool to tie that in. Arno's parents didn't come from clans at all so I like to think they have their own stories, their own legends on how things came to be.

Not saying that Arno paints with his tail because "Aquila painted the sky with his tail" but Arno paints with his tail because of this little bedtime story his mom would tell him as a kit.

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"Mama...where do stars come from?"
"Little Eagle, let me tell you a story of the beginning, and how a young little cat who danced across constellations dreamed of making a light so bright it fractured and spread across the entire sky."
...
"There was once only darkness and earth in our world-"
"Oh, like how it is now?"
"No my little one, a long time ago it was even darker, so dark cats couldn't survive-"
"AH! OH NO!"
"Shhh, listen my love! The spirits of the heavens longed to see their children on the earth below live long and happy lives, but they believed the darkness too looming to push back-"
"They must not have been trying very hard then!"
"You're right, they didn't try very hard at all. But then there was a young little cat in the heavens who they called Aquila. Aquila was determined that something could be done to bring light to the cats on the earth. Aquila told the other cats in the heavens of his desires to illuminate the sky, but many of the others refused to listen."
"What'd he do next??"
"Aquila took his tail and whipped it into the sun to set it ablaze. For us that would hurt so much! But for the cats of the heavens, this fire settled in his tail and instead of ashes sent shimmers of stars into the sky. Full of excitement, Aquila took off and raced back and forth, back and forth, back and forth until he grew tired."
"Wait, what? Is he okay?!"
"Well, although Aquila had given the cats of earth a great gift of light by the nighttime sky, he had become so tired that he laid down in the stars he'd created to rest. His job was done, and the cats of earth rejoyced and praised him. Satisfied, Aquila drifted to sleep and became a constellation in the sky, his astral body creating one last image in the sky."
"Which one is Aquila! Mama show me, show me!"
"Settle down my child! Here, climb onto my back, I'll show you with my tail. Look, right there to the east, can you see it?"
"...No, I can't fin- WAIT! There it is! Mama look there's Aquila resting in the sky!"
"He is, isn't he? Resting quite well I'd imagine. Now, I know another little cat who should rest tonight, or he'll be too tired to play tomorrow."
"But Mama, I'm not- ti........erd...."
"Sleep well, my darling eagle. Sleep well, and dream of stars and hope."

SO I love space and I love this theme and Arno's name means eagle! Aquila is the eagle constellation so I thought it'd be cool to tie that in. Arno's parents didn't come from clans at all so I like to think they have their own stories, their own legends on how things came to be.

Not saying that Arno paints with his tail because "Aquila painted the sky with his tail" but Arno paints with his tail because of this little bedtime story his mom would tell him as a kit.