A Long Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Away の小説・ストーリー

I found the photo two days later. "What did he write in the margin?" Lilly reached into the box and pulled out a little book. The solar system is one. Without being told, Lena knew the cover. Lilly opened the door. Twelve-year-old handwriting, a little uneven and careful: She ticked the Proxima Centauri part. “Getting to us from it takes four years,” she said. I googled it. The star may have gone by the time we see its light. I don't get how something can be real and not here at the same time.

As we stood in the quiet of the mother world, Toby’s voice crackled through the long-range link from the Grand Navigator’s vessel. "Mom! Dad! You need to see this," Toby said, his voice filled with a frantic, adventurous excitement. "I’m at the edge of the Andromeda Reach. The First Gate didn't just lead to the core. It’s a network. I’m picking up a signal from outside the galaxy. It’s rhythmic. It’s sixty beats per minute."

Amelia, eight years old now and fiercely dedicated to facts, was perched on a step stool, his small hands gripping the railing, his concentration intense. “Papa, are we looking at the Andromeda galaxy?” Amelia asked, his voice low and serious. “The data projections I saw online said it takes two point five million years for that light to reach us. Is the light we see tonight the light that was there when the dinosaurs were alive?”

They were two souls, lost in the vastness of the universe, finding solace in each other’s company. Chaos walked Florence to her room, and the sun was barely peeking out from the clouds. The night air was crisp, the stars twinkling brightly overhead. They stood at her door, the silence heavy with unspoken words. Chaos reached out and gently took her hand. “Goodnight, Florence,” he said, his voice soft. “Sweet dreams.” Florence smiled, her heart heavy with a mix of emotions. “Goodnight, Chaos,” she replied, her voice barely a whisper.

Jack awoke to the sound of the phone ringing. He cleared his throat, and answered “Hello?” There was static on the line and after a long pause, there was a response. He could faintly hear someone through the static, but the voice seemed far away. He repeated a hello, and the voice responded. “Hello? Jack? Can you hear me?” It sounded like Catherine’s voice but she sounded far away still, like maybe she had the phone upside down or was distracted. Maybe it had been a pocket dial? Catherine continued through the breaking and static “Jack. Can’t….talk...long...I’ve been...Jack? Be careful...love you” Before he could respond, the call ended.

God knows for how long I was standing there when the school bell got me out of trans. The first half of the day was not that interesting, nothing special happened, I was catching up on schoolwork, so this 'the strangest day ever' was maybe not that bad. After lunch, just a couple of more classes, football and I will be free to hide in my room.

Amid the crisp sound of glasses colliding, I took a sip of the cold beer. The chill slid down my throat, but somehow, it warmed my heart. The road ahead was long, yet there was no reason to look back. Somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, an open wilderness was still waiting for me.

“not like one of them being here. The actual being, I mean.” “No,” Tok said. “After years and years of wondering. Hundred of thousands of them by Earth standards. Teams were sent out to find the seeds. My family was sent to Earth. We have been here watching for generations of humans. Our life span is a bit higher than the most basic of humans. The ones who live the longest on earth are often our seeds.” “How many types of beings are there?” Gregor asked. “I mean in the universe, not just on Earth.” “Millions, or billions. Does it matter?” Tok asked. “Think of it. There are more galaxies in the universe than there are grains of sand on your tiny planet.”

With a brilliant explosion of water and lights, they darted off towards the stars, twinkling far away. Across the galaxies, away from the world, sweeping past meteors, floating beyond space, they smiled and laughed together, as time slowly faded away. They talked about this and that. It seemed like they had known eachother forever. They gazed at each other's stary eyes , floating around in nothingness. Three days, seemed like moments and it was finally time to return.