Chapter 1 – Page 19
Rolf: The universe is dangerous, but it can also be beautiful.
Mika: It's consuming the nearby nebula's energy and matter, which is what we see with our eyes. You could say it's kind of like someone with four stomachs in mess hall.
Mattrick: Hey! It's one stomach with four chambers!
Jake: It's like staring into an unfinished piece of creation.
Mika: I bet my ancestors felt this way when they looked into a volcano.
Jake: Is it safe to be this close to one? Like, we're not going to end up in the wrong century or anything?
Mika: It's nothing our relativity compensators can't handle. Still, it's a good rule of thumb that if you see a hole in the universe, don't fly through it. For ancient navigators, these used to be a real--
Jake: Hold on a sec, Betty is barking at me, and some red lights just popped up on my radar.
Betty: Warning, multiple unknown masses detected.
Jake: Commander, we've got bogies approaching! No hailing signals, but the energy signature matches scaley engines!