"You have not," the star's daughter tells her. "In any way."

She lifts her face to the night sky, the gleam of starlight on her skin and caught in the net of her hair like diamonds. "I loved my mortal life, Daughter of Eve. I loved my husband; I loved my son. I loved my subjects. But there – "

She gazes toward the firmament, then looks back at Susan. "– Is where I belong. Watching over all. A few more closely than others, perhaps," she adds, with a glint of humor.