I've been informed that tonight is apparently "International Observe the Moon Night" on my planet! Do you have any interesting holidays coming up in the Silvergrove in the near future? I assume that you have a lot more that are related to the Moon than we do.
How exciting! Your whole planet observes the Moon together on the same night? That’s so lovely.
The Silvergrove celebrates the Moon at every opportunity possible, let me assure you. But there’s a lovely event coming up in just a few weeks that we don’t get to hold very often. It’s one of the most irregular Moonshadow events, which are rare and strange in a culture that’s so even and ordered: a Blue Moon!
It falls on Soultide this year, as well, so we’ll have double the dancing, at least in spirit. *witty chuckle* In the old times, the Nexus would be opened on Blue Soultide nights as the Moon rose, and Moonshadows would get to dance and visit with their lost ones until sunrise. Blue Moons mean the same sort of thing to us as they do to humans, in that way. But we haven’t gotten to participate in this special celebration for the last thousand years. I’m sure it must’ve been lovely.
We still get to eat Moons on a stick, though! The elflings just get their Moons on top of the stick, but us adults have to eat ours as they dangle on a string, too. It’s a fun challenge, but the real secret is to tackle it with a partner.
