"You'd think so. Three just definitely didn't want anyone tampering with them."

"Then why make them break? If she didn't want us messing with them? Unless she just didn't know..."

"That I can't say. I could use your eyes to see if there's something I'm missing?"

"Yeah, I can help."

"I'd appreciate that. How're you guys getting on with the timeline?"

"There's a lot! And a lot of blanks. Four documented everything she did, we think, but most of the others don't seem to have..."

"I suppose blanks were inevitable, but it would be nice to not have them..."

"There might be more elsewhere. I think Four was the only one putting journals in order... They all seem to just. Assume I'd have weeks if not months here."

"From what I can tell, that nothingness? It used to be a lot further away. A lot further."

"Do we know what it is?"

"If I've read right it's the end of this particular Moment? Something about the thing sustaining it getting worn down?"

"...That sounds unpleasant. It's still shrinking?"

"Seems to be, yeah."

"Any idea how long we have left?"

"Not really. Not long I don't think. I didn't do the maths."

Crap.

"Not long like an hour, like a week...?"

"Longer than an hour, I think longer than the week we have food for, but..."

"Won't be much left by then. And we might need it again." She rubs a hand down her face.

"Perhaps there's instructions on how to build another Moment," Jenn says, she doesn't sound particularly hopeful.

"Didn't Twelve complain that she didn't leave those?"

"Yes. Unfortunately. I was hoping more eyes might find something the others missed. Teach me to try optimism, ai?"

"They had a lot longer to look, but... There's some stuff I wouldn't think of."

Jenn nods thoughtfully.

"I'll get the dishes done if you guys are finished?"

"Yeah. Thanks."

She frowns. There's a thought wiggling in the back of her head, but she knows that if she pokes it it'll vanish.