X watched her as she explained, his eyes wide and twinkling with curiosity. "We have a word for that too," he said. "Multiverse. It's every single universe all together. Time and space and... and... and people. Every people. Even people people don't want to admit are people."

He sighed and shook his head, frustrated with himself. "Grandmother says it better, I just don't remember it. But... why do you call that a universe?"