Aww, he was making her happy! X couldn't have contained the grin on his face even if he wanted to.

"Yeah!" he agreed, nodding enthusiastically. "Mind, body, soul, music, friends, family, um... actions, and deeds..." What else did Grandmother always say? "... wisdom, and inaction, and choices, and feelings -- personhood, humanity. Everything."

There, he thought. That explanation would definitely make Grandmother proud.

"What about you?" he asked. "What's a universe for you?"