The Boy Lifts the Salt Shaker

Today, a small-minded man will feel threatened. In a desperate miscalculation following a perceived threat, he will launch a volley of conventional munitions at an enemy. Tens of millions die because of it. Placing both items down now, the boy makes a loose sphere with his hands and fingers. Think of this napkin as space. This corner is where my people are from. This opposite corner is you. It would take us a very, very long time to travel from this corner to that one if we went through the shortest path in normal space. But we're right here. I'm standing here breathing and crying and talking to an alien apparently. But maybe just losing my mind