"There was no damage to the ship – It was an hallucination," Bill Tickton said.

"Two-point-seven seconds," Mr. Juda said.

"We all had the same hallucination at once?" Richard Roe asked, still gazing out the window.

"Very powerful," Bill said.

—It was.

"it was like a two-point-seven second movie," Richard said.

—It was.

"It's a sad thing," Bill said, not really explaining the source of his sadness.

—It was.

"To us the year is 2093, though on Earth it's July 18, 2385," he went on.

"Good guess," Mr. Juda said.

—It was.

"So the farewell movie they made for us ... It's sad and sweet," Richard said, taking a deep breath.

—It was.

—Remember that.