And the Earth spins at a thousand miles an hour and turns on its axis once every twenty-four. This is what we’re governed by, Alys. Space, time and motion. Hours, days, seasons. Our lives segmented into a series of moments. You see over there, that faint patch of light? That’s the Andromeda Nebula. When we look at it, we’re looking back nine hundred thousand years into the past. Big numbers, Cress. They are big numbers, my love. That’s why ten years of school will go by in no time.
