"The universes, even as the galaxies, are very far apart," the Engineer went on. "So very far apart that the odds against two of them ever meeting are almost incomprehensibly great. Farther apart than the suns in the galaxies, farther apart, relatively, than the galaxies in the universe. But entirely possible that once in eternity two universes will meet.”
He paused, a dramatic silence in his thought. "And that chance has come,”
he said. "We are about to collide with another universe.”
They sat in stunned silence.
"Like two stars colliding," said Kingsley. "That's what formed our solar system.”
"Yes," said the Engineer, "like two stars colliding. Like a star once collided with your Sun.”
Kingsley jerked his head up.
"You know about that?" he asked.
"Yes, we know about that. It was long ago. Many million years ago.”
"How do you know about this other universe?" asked Tommy. "How could you know?”