“Long before. Earth was alone in the Galaxy for thousands of years—millions of years.” “Millions of years? Humanity existed on it for millions of years with no other people on any other world?” “That’s true. That’s true. That’s true.” “But how do you know all this? Is it all in a computer program? Or a printout? Do you have anything I can read?” Mother Rittah shook her head. “I heard the old stories from my mother, who heard it from hers, and so on far back. I have no children, so I tell the stories to others, but it may come to an end. This is a time of disbelief.” Dors said, “Not really,
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