A long time ago when all the worlds were new and your grandparents were yet young, there was a speck of gold.
It rests on a black disk the size of your hand. The disk is so dark you really can’t see it. There are voids in the modern universe, billions of light-years across, so profoundly empty and vast the surrounding galaxies cannot be seen within them. This disk is dark like that, a hole in the light surrounding it, finely made. You cannot tell if there is even a substance here.
If you reach out to touch it, will your finger touch a surface or disappear into … click to continue reading
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