“Do you know where we’re going?” I said.
“To land.”
“Yes, but where? Where are we going to end up?”
“Not sure,” said Grant.
“How do you know we’re going to touch land? How do you know anything about this place? It sure doesn’t feel like earth.”
“We’ve been studying it,” said Grant. “All the observations point to this being earth.”
“What observations?”
“The length of the day, the temperature, the feel of the air, the water color, the clouds. Everything.”
“Haven’t you all noticed that there isn’t any life on this world, in this realm, except for the worms, which are the fish, which are the shells?”
“Sure, we’ve noticed.”
“So this can’t be earth.”
“I didn’t say it hadn’t changed. There has been some kind of event that has altered things on our home planet. Probably related to our g
