"Cigarettes." Lots and lots of those. "Makeup. A sextant. I didn't think much about where they were coming from, just that they would be nice to have. Funny to think it's all from one of those stars out there."

But it confirms his impression that out in the distance, those other worlds hold life. All the planets the people here come from and more are out there, winking out one by one as the World Eaters render them lifeless and dark.