"Actually, I'll show you one of the local constellations."

He takes her hand gently, points it up. "In this area of the sky in my world, there would be Orion, the hunter. He's one of the constellations recognizable to laymen, because he has a belt of three stars in a straight line. Daar-daar-daar. Here, however, what I see is more a square--daar-daar-daar-daar with four stars above it in an arc--daar-daar-daar en daar. That's Everttinas, The Reaching Hand, according to the book I'm reading. Palm and fingertips."