In the left side of the box was a glass-covered velvet-lined display case.
Positioned carefully on the black velvet was a butterfly. Each wing was no larger than her two thumbnails together. The wings were the color of molten silver, with an oblong blue spot on either side of the creature's slender body. Those marks, when seen with the wings fully opened as they were displayed, made the shape of a heart.
A heart as blue as a Companion's eyes, or the color of the clear winter sky.
The End