Ravens of Eternity
To counteract it, she quickly looked up what time was in the new galaxy.
Her DI quickly replied with a handy chart.
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100 seconds = 1 minute
100 minutes = 1 hour
10 hours = 1 cycle
10 cycles = 1 week
10 weeks = 1 month
10 months = 1 year
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Eva realized that they applied the metric system to time, which made a whole lot more sense to her. As the counselor was trying to tell her, if they used their old time system, it would quickly get confusing for the rest of the galaxy.
She found that the new system was reasonable, readable, and reliable.