“At some point we thought we lost you…,” said one of Tlön’s mates. He only puckered his mouth briefly but remained quiet. “Why did you stay in that planet’s orbit for so long?” his mate frowned. “The color,” mumbled Tlön. “What do you mean?” Tlön shuffled in his seat, scratched his head, and cleared his throat: “That red was simply mesmerizing… I haven’t seen anything like it before!” Everyone chuckled. “Yes,” whispered Tlön, “sometimes I go a very long way to soak in another yellow, or purple, or green…” “Ha,” chuckled another mate of his, “even you are getting bored of the eternal darkness!” “Perhaps you are right,” Tlön waved his hand dreamily, “but there is something about colors that I have never been able to explain to myself…” To his relief, the halting conversation suddenly shifted to something entirely different.