"Riley, look at this. This is the first life we've seen in like… what? Eighty years?"
"120."
"Right? Before that, it was like… 300 years? You—it's trying to bite me!"
Somewhere in the growing expanse of the universe, Hannah was holding a worm—holding it beside a cliff of nothing but pure stone, and beyond them was nothing but a horizon of endless water.
"That creature is probably going to be the common ancestor of every living being on this planet, Hannah."
"Really?" Hannah raised an eyebrow as she pulled the worm away from her finger and gently placed it back on the ground, where it quickly burrowed through the hard stone like it was sand, "Shit. Did… we just alter the course of this entire planet?"
"Perhaps. Do you want to stay here for a while?" Riley said as he looked around, "I could make us another house here."
"The view is nice," Hannah narrowed her eyes as she stared at the endless horizon of water, "But people, Riley. I want to live somewhere with people."
