“The world certainly has changed since we first met. I remember the long travel times.”

Van said with a quiet laugh as he placed breakfast down on the table. This was his favorite thing to do, look back on the past lives they lived and the contrast to now. It had been amusing at first but now it had become stale, like bread left out in the open air. The wonder and excitement that had come with the first few life cycles had faded to dust. Now that all remained for you was resentment.