"And?"
"42!" Ce'el answered with a smirk.
"Well, 42% isn't...."
"I'm not talking percentages here, I'm talking absolute numbers!" Ce'el interrupted.
"42 - out of?"
"Several billion!"
"You did spin off several BILLION...?"
"Only one sphere, but with several billion seeds."
"And the constraints?"
"As close to us as possible."
Silence.
"So, chances are?"
"Right! No one's out there."
"Asymptotic cooling, heating or - cycling?"
"Cooling," Ce'el answered "Nobody to talk to. Never!".
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