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We skip froh the sub-universe of strange lights I try to figure out how the s are being opened, hoping to use the information to break free and ets the panels to pulse and est, partly to break the uide

"What do you wish to know?" he replies

"Where are you fros of ancient, powerful o"

"We leave every planet eventually," Art sighs "We are no"

"But you must have a home," I press "Everyone coinal universe We had no beginning"

"That doesn&039;t ins

"- soon," I finish sarcastically

"Sorry," Art says "I know this is hard But there is much we have to tell you and it is co sis I&039;d ask any stranger "How old are you?"

Arttheir throat

"Oh, come on," I shout "Surely you can tell me that much"

"There is no easy answer," Art says "We are as old as this universe but we existed before it In the original universe, there was no such thing as tie We simply were"

"You can&039;t be as old as the universe," I challenge hi lives for that long"

"We do," Art insists "We exist as spheres of light, and light is aleless"

"Almost? You&039;re not immortal?"

"Not anymore," Art says

"This is crazy," I es "By the end of this journey we&039;ll reveal the secrets of the universe, the origins of life, and the cause of the Big Bang"

"What&039;s the Big Bang?"

Art is silent for a long ti to be harder than we thought"

More worlds and cha soo weeks or row tired, just as I do on Earth I start to wonder how long we&039;ve been traveling

"This is the fourth day," Art answers

"How er will it take?"

"I cannot say"

"A week?" I snap "A month? Years?" I lick my lips and ask quietly, "You will take me back, won&039;t you?"