The Hope had made 11 warps since it left the meteorite base.
They stayed for three days each time for the purposes of cartography and observation.
However, they were quick to realize that it was an exercise in futility… because the cosmos was simply too vast!
Furthermore, it was always undulating. It was a map that would never be fully drawn.
There were too many planets, galaxies, nebulas…
The cosmos was indescribably humongous! The common analogy of it being the great River Nile failed to capture the scope of its actual size.
The gravity of the situation slowly descended on the citizens of the Hope following each warp. It made them feel… increasingly and devastatingly dwarfed.
On the third day of the eleventh warp…
"…Negative, negative, negative!"
