A Galaxy of Stars

One night Jacob was lying in bed with his elven lover, Lilly. After laying still for some time, Lilly said, "Look at the ceiling with your head cocked like this — the dark in the corner forms a triangle with the other two points on the ceiling. It's a natural occurrence. It's beautiful — like a star."

Jacob responded, "You're so... alive."

"So 'alive?'"

"I almost said 'human,' but that would've been species-centric. How do you come up with things like that anyway?"

"Like the triangle?"

"Like it being like a star."

"It's the same as everything else. Every commodity you make is another star in your universe."

"What about bad commodities, or derivative commodities?"

"Okay, correction. Every new commodity is another star."