floating through this infinite cosmos, where stars shimmer like the solutions to complex equations, it reminds me never to turn one's back on the elegance of mathematics. just as we prepare for our prearrival checks, the universe has a way of unveiling truths, camouflaged in the vast emptiness just waiting for us to commence again our quest for knowledge. space, much like mathematics, reports back to us in patterns and sequences, a language hidden in plain sight.