Stone Circle I want to watch the universe expand

She spoke in simple enough terms, and he grasped her explanation in a grand and encompassing way. The information he gathered was interesting, yes, but his brow furrowed, because, despite this, her words didn't do much to satisfy the question he'd asked.

Merrit pressed his lips into a thin line. "No." he said with a stiff shake of his head. "Why?" He tried to fish for better words, but a new feeling swelled in his chest. The little boy, not knowing what to do, fixed his brow in a firmer furrow and quirked out his tongue, as if that might help him think. In the end, he simply settled on, "Why's same?"