"Were you?" Elliott asked, intrigued as he admired the endless reflection of light from his place on the floor.

He couldn't imagine it; a time so long ago that there weren't even stars. It certainly upended the posited science of how the universe began, but no one knew anything for sure. The thought shivered through him- a cold unknown with unfathomable possibilities.

"You must have been some sort of supernatural being back then."