And then in the time it takes you to make up that distance, the tortoise goes a bit farther, and so on forever.
You are faster than the tortoise but you can never catch him; you can only decrease his lead.
Of course, you just run past the tortoise without contemplating the mechanics involved,
but the question of how you are able to do this turns out to be incredibly complicated,
and no one really solved it until Cantor showed us that some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
“Um,” I said. “I assume that answers your question,” he said confidently, then sipped generously from his glass.
“Not really,” I said. “We were wondering, after the end of An Imperial Affliction—”
“I disavow everything in that putrid novel,” Van Houten said, cutting me off.
“No,” I said. “Excuse me?” “No, that is not acceptable,” I said.
“I understand that the story ends midnarrative because Anna dies or becomes too sick to continue,
but you said you would tell us what happens to everybody, and that’s why we’re here, and we, I need you to tell me.”
Van Houten sighed. After another drink, he said, “Very well. Whose story do you seek?”
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