Jehan nods. Enjolras has, as always, put his finger on the precise difficulty.

"I feel that, too," Jehan says, after a quiet moment. "As I see it, there are two things to be done about that, neither of which excludes the other. The first is, to try to break free of Milliways and return home. This, I believe, must require powerful science, or perhaps sorcery, if those are indeed different things. We're a long way from being able to do that." Jehan has been reading things on those subjects, even some accurate things.

"The second is, to make this a living place. To set ourselves to shaping it so it becomes a true world, capable of being a home. And that can only be done if we behave like it is, and give it all the attention we would give our own. We'll do what we can to alter events in our world and others, but..." Jehan waves a hand expressively. "There is no reason to be content with hovering outside of worlds, when we could be in one."

Jehan suddenly realizes he's been talking for some time, and his face grows warm. "A newspaper is only a small beginning, but it's a beginning nonetheless."