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| Post #9 - The Planetarium be curious, not judgmental Text Cut: togethernerds Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir "Universe is huge, Soph. All those stars with all their planets. There's no way it's just us. It'd be like owning a neighbourhood full of mansions even though you're just one person living in one room of one house." At least, that's how he saw it in his mind. And Toby didn't bother about mentioning how it wasn't the whole 'little green men' thing he was thinking of, 'cause that was the sort of stuff that happened in movies and all, but it'd be pretty neat if it were true. "And if the universe is infinite, then eventually, there's gotta be someone else."
Toby probably could have gone on and on about it, rambling forever or something, but the lights dimmed and the voice started and he looked up at the images projected onto the ceiling.
It was neat, the whole cartoony sort of way they were showing things. Bright colours that captured Toby's attention as the movie went on about Earth being a great big network and all that, and the whole civilisation thing, and whether there were any others out in space. When the little animated characters started giving out opinions on the matter, Toby gave Soph and nudged and grinned at her in the dim light. Did she hear that first one? That cartoon person totally agreed with him.
Of course, some of the others didn't, but that was okay too.
Then all the informative stuff was happening, and Toby was... still focused and listening and taking it all in. So far. A neighborhood full of mansions... Tobes was a thoughtful one, wasn't he? Soph lingered on his comments until the film actually began, wondering if maybe he WAS right and if there WAS other life out there...
But, ultimately, no matter what the show said, SHE wanted to hear Flamsteed's opinions for sure. Could they go find him later?
BIG EYES. LOADS OF COLORS. CUTE LITTLE DOG BLOCKY ROBOT THING. And one of the blocky-robot person things were talking about seeing strange flashing lights? Probably improper use of magic in front of Muggles. Or FIREWORKS shooting across the sky. Probably a really logical explanation, right?
And THEN they said that the bacteria outnumbered a human's cells by ten to one? THAT was kind of radical, and Soph wiggled a little in her seat, IMAGINING all the bacteria surging through her body. That was kind of gross. But if microbes could make their own homes anywhere there was water... that meant there could be life on any planet that had water, right? In theory? So... like Mars? Or Europa? THAT was pretty interesting, Soph thought. Are we alone? The simple answer is... yes. HA!
And she STILL couldn't get over how COOL this all looked. It was so BIG and all the COLORS and the GRAPHICS! Soph didn't want it to be over and she was dreading the end.
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