Bigger than she could imagine, maybe. It only showed the dramatic limits to her comprehension. So far beneath him...
Of course he knew about parallel dimensions. He was stuck in one for several months, but even before then he knew of them. They were simple science, common knowledge even among children. She was baiting him, attempting to call out ignorance he didn't possess, on subjects he was very knowledgable in.
"Or perhaps," he would give, "the rules have simply reached their exceptions. Many discoveries have pushed the boundries of science past previous understanding, even in our lifetimes. We must never forget that even the most basic of things were once considered impossible to our limited minds. Thus we cannot dismiss anything as a breaking of rules without the facts to support it."
She would say that the very presence of the portal was fact enough. How foolish.
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Of course he knew about parallel dimensions. He was stuck in one for several months, but even before then he knew of them. They were simple science, common knowledge even among children. She was baiting him, attempting to call out ignorance he didn't possess, on subjects he was very knowledgable in.
"Or perhaps," he would give, "the rules have simply reached their exceptions. Many discoveries have pushed the boundries of science past previous understanding, even in our lifetimes. We must never forget that even the most basic of things were once considered impossible to our limited minds. Thus we cannot dismiss anything as a breaking of rules without the facts to support it."
She would say that the very presence of the portal was fact enough. How foolish.