“But that’s only two galaxies! There are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe!” “BUT WE ARE LIMITED BY THE LAWS OF PHYSICS OF THIS UNIVERSE, DEAR CLEVER CREATURE. EVEN IF WE WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, SPACE IS EXPANDING FASTER THAN ANY VESSEL WE ARE CAPABLE OF BUILDING COULD TRAVEL. WE ARE CONFINED TO THE LOCAL GROUP OF THE MILKY WAY AND ANDROMEDA GALAXIES, AND THERE IS NO LIFE IN EITHER OF THESE GALAXIES OUTSIDE OF THIS ONE SPIRAL ARM OF THE MILKY WAY. YOU ARE THE ONLY CIVILIZATION CAPABLE OF ADVANCEMENT THAT WE WILL EVER FIND.”
