The Star That Heard Prayers in Every Language
Celestial Compassion Without Translation
High above a forgotten valley, a faint star glowed whenever someone below whispered a desperate hope. It didn’t matter the language, the belief, or the voice — all prayers reached it the same way: as warmth. One night, when a young girl wished for her ill mother to find peace, the star brightened more than ever before. Astronomers noted the anomaly, but villagers knew the truth: the star didn’t answer prayers; it simply held them so people didn’t have to carry them alone.
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