When a friend recently responded to messages of mine from nine days ago, I wrote back, <bq>Don’t sweat it. I just like to imagine that my messages arrive at Apple headquarters, whereupon they’re laboriously transcribed and illuminated by monks before being delivered to you by tortoise. The return trip takes equally long.</bq> <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 10px; align-items: center; justify-items: center"><img attachment="apple_headquarters.jpg" align="none"><img attachment="monk_transcribing.jpg" align="none"><img attachment="illuminated_text.jpg" align="none"><img attachment="passenger_tortoise.jpg" align="none"></div>