(Trying to be at ease)
One soon grows older up there.
Livingston
(Pleasantly)
I hope that means wiser; for wisdom, I’m told, is only a matter of perspective, and its secret is finding the relative importance of things. (With a smile.) But, of course, everything must seem vitally important at the beginning. Just as each moment of life was once the most important thing to these animals. (Before Hood can answer.) Are you interested in fossils?
Hood
(Eyes him)
I’m trying to understand their meaning and significance.
Livingston