The answer was simple. Humans were not ready to become a space-faring culture.
While Kim knew that this was one hundred percent the truth, they also knew that they had gone too far in making this statement, too far in reducing the problem they faced, down to its simplest form, in order to efficiently deal with it.
Raised and educated within the Firmament Foundation, Kim had been taught to follow the methodologies and processes of the Foundation’s chief architect and originator, Professor Labyrinth. A key tenet of this thought process was reduction. However, in reducing the problem this far, Kim knew that they were tired. A tired mind is worse than a dead one, as it makes more mistakes, they recalled, standing to stretch and recharge before continuing.
Kim made it to the door before thei
