“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, St. Martin’s Press, Ch. Day 1, p. 59, 2024
