Little lost boy and good jack inspect the damage

Two flickering shadows on the grey brick wall, a tall man and a young child of perhaps nine. Walking the perimeter silently, attentively.

"This is scary."

"Could be a blessing."

"Really?"

"Well. With no past or future pulling on us there's very little to stop us getting exactly where we want to go."

"Aw jack but there's nowhere I wanna go."

"Sure, but look at the toothmarks on everything. The ivory's rotting. Over there by the wall twenty eight isn't the sum of its divisors anymore."

"Think there's anything worth taking with us?"

1. you'll be lost in a plummeting shard world no matter where you go, kid

1. can't take anything that's not scanned and scrubbed