chapter VI

We are stuck in space, lost without a trace. We have no chance to escape. Too close to the sun we're sure to burn. Like Icarus before us, or so the legend goes. We think about our lives, reliving the past. There is nothing to do but wait until our time comes. It seems we just lost our way. The other side of this life. With the on-board computer, we argue which comes first - the chicken or the egg.

We try to remember... a cradle Earth, horizons unseen. New world in thirst for the arcane. We are singers of the gone. We remember, as along came life.

And nothing else matters.

The Moon darkened, the night descended deep within us. The light faded. The light of the Earth.

Look again at that dot.

That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love. Everyone you know. Everyone you ever heard of. Every human being who ever lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering. On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.

Now we don't know where we are. But still remember.

Don't fall into the trap of wanting to achieve something. This is how you will achieve everything.