“He was talking about how, if the universe was a day, then our planet’s only been around for a blink of an eye, and if that blink of an eye was another day, humans have only been around for a blink in that blink. Then I got to thinking, if humans have only been around for a blink, then my lifetime is probably only a blink of that blink.” Minnie was listening attentively, but she was already lost. She moved her eyes from side to side, trying to keep up. “Right,” she said slowly. “And if my life is just a blink in a blink in a blink, then what’s the point in any of it? Nothing I do, nothing I
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