He shakes his head. "More metaphorical. I could try to run the calculations sometime, but from Earth, I wouldn't expect the entire Cyrannus system to take up more than a fraction of a degree."

At last, Gaeta drops his gaze away from the sky. A few uncomfortable seconds of silence tick by.

"It makes me feel more alone," he finally says, low. "Because they're gone. Those zodiac constellations are just empty signifiers now." He meets Siebren's eye. "Do you feel that way at all when you see the moon?"