smile kindly, though could not quarantine her anger from it. “Yet we Gearheartians do have a transcendent narrative, sir. The night sky. The hundred billion galaxies and hundred trillion stars within them. I’m sorry if those stars and galaxies don’t personally care about you, that’s unfortunate. But do we have to cheapen the majesty of nature by trying to see divine purpose in it? The universe has so far proven to be apathetic about our respective existences. That isn’t warming news, but it is the news, and as adults we’re supposed to be honest with ourselves regarding such a thing.
