It was a ball of ice, formed in the absolute zero of space, from the debris left over from a planet tearing itself apart.
It moved fast, compared to most cosmic bodies, a long, lazy parabola through the galaxy. Occasionally it melted slightly as it passed a star, then refroze in darkness once again.
It didn't have any significance as far as the universe was concerned, one more bit of matter in a giant continuum.
It did matter to one planet a great deal though, since its arrival in their sky directly led to it's people tearing the planet apart.
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