"I can, too, I guess. Since I sleep in battlefields and such, when I choose to. We don't technically need sleep, but it taxes us mentally so it's best to rest. One of the few things we treat normally," Declan chatted, yawning softly towards the end. He wasn't really tired, just relaxed, gloved finger stretching out and pointing.
"At this orientation it's hard to tell, but that's the constellation Ophiuchus. If you keep traveling over this way," he pointed to another dot of light in the vastness, "You'd reach the Andromeda galaxy. But back this way," he stretched and sat up a bit, pointing opposite where they were heading.
"That way is The Reef and the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Did you know space is actually really full in the Milky Way? There's many miles between things, but there's actually debris, asteroids, meteorites, derelict ships and stations, old satellites. All over there place, lots of stuff. Even back in your time, space isn't empty...just...vast."
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"At this orientation it's hard to tell, but that's the constellation Ophiuchus. If you keep traveling over this way," he pointed to another dot of light in the vastness, "You'd reach the Andromeda galaxy. But back this way," he stretched and sat up a bit, pointing opposite where they were heading.
"That way is The Reef and the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Did you know space is actually really full in the Milky Way? There's many miles between things, but there's actually debris, asteroids, meteorites, derelict ships and stations, old satellites. All over there place, lots of stuff. Even back in your time, space isn't empty...just...vast."