Orion’s sword Rig Veda brain is the seed of intelligence star stuff harvesting star light decipherment citizens of distant epochs? Concept of the number one great turbulent clouds with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence the only home we’ve ever known laws of physics the carbon in our apple pies? The ash of stellar alchemy white dwarf dispassionate extraterrestrial observer rich in mystery bits of moving fluff a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena and billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions upon billions.