"You can't really say it isn't." At this moment, Ian looked in the direction of Harrison Port. "When a civilization unites as one, wholeheartedly determined to open up frontiers beyond its own cognitive domain, that will to 'go beyond the horizon'—that is the 'Sky Ladder.'"
"Just like when the pre-Era civilization forged creations such as the 'Orbital Space Elevator' and the 'Equatorial Orbital Accelerator'—back then, that pre-Era civilization already possessed such a 'Sky Ladder.'"
If they could hold fast to such a Sky Ladder, advancing step by step in Exploration, piercing straight into the Cosmic Starry Sky, then surely, the entire Human race—old and young, strong and weak—would each have such a 'Sky Ladder' in their hearts.
Adalbert also fell silent for a while.
"Just like monkeys coming down from the trees and becoming Humans…" he muttered to himself. "Just like Elves leaving the forests and heading for the plains."
