“Twenty-two bombs,” said Ether, “to clear a way for 40 through the Bristol Mountains. Boom, boom, boom, boom. That’s what’s unique about humans. We see a mountain range in our way and we’re like, ‘Absolutely not.’”

— Ether in Jason Pargin, I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, 2024, St. Martin’s Press, Ch. Day 1, p. 59