“Nothing,” she continued, “I just read in that book that the distance between Pluto and Earth is about five light-hours. Which means, if someone on Earth is observing Pluto using his telescope, the image of Pluto he is currently observing is Pluto back five hours ago.” Sylvia was still staring at Luthfi, even without a blink.
And Luthfi smiled. That kind of smile was hardly ever expressed. Yes, Luthfi himself was the kind of person who rarely smiled.
“I already knew that. But, would you stop staring at me that way? I’ve told you it’s scary.” His face started blushing.
“Oh sorry. I just got so excited about this. Well, don’t you think it’s just wonderful?”
“What?”
“That Pluto, the image of the past five hours…”
“Well…”
“And us.”
“Us?”
There started another silence. But not so long, that Sylvia began to explain, but at the same time, began to stare at Luthfi in the weird way she did just before.
“I mean, that you are there lying on the bed. And I am here sitting down near the bed side. Imagine if I’m here and you’re in Pluto.”
