PC: Longer Perspective

The most recent message from their home system had arrived as a simple text message that had repeated many times. 

In a way it was proof that their own messages had become difficult to replay even before they had switched to text only themselves, because the response to the first of those probably wouldn't reach them for another two years.

It was strange to stop and think that the events this message spoke of had happened over a year before they received it. They had continued to receive regular updates the entire time, it was just that the gap between them had slowly grown larger.

"Is it weird to feel like this trip is taking forever, while at the same time feeling surprised that we're already almost to the halfway point where we need to start slowing down?" Rafaela asked suddenly.

"I was just thinking that it's weird to think we may still be picking up messages that were sent on our way out, on our way back," Brendan admitted wryly.