Coming to Terms

Time is perceived differently by differing organisms. On the basis of life span, metabolic activity, and even mode of nutrition. For a tree that lives hundreds of years, a full year of bad storms would have just been a bad week, where as an organism of a day long lifespan, like a mayfly, born into that same period would probably spend most of his life wishing it'd never been born. A desert tortoise would be more inclined to ignore the dance of a butterfly, but the tortoise, for the time being, will carry, for the butterfly, an attractive pool of mineral salts in its eyes in the same general vicinity for quite some time. If it needs to, the butterfly might take the time to grab a drink from the tortoise's eyes, the living rock will scarcely mind. In the end, life would go by quicker if nine out of ten of your hunts got you nothing, and, when you do manage to make your meal, you sleep the work off. That's just the tale of the tape for most hunters. Compared to the pace of browsers or grazers, who spend most of their day with their faces in the salad greens of the plains and brush, a hunter's life is short, and quick.

Humans are unique in that within the species, based on age, gender and responsibility, people still have starkly differing perceptions of time and space. I really don't want to elaborate.

I believe in companionship and concern. When you spend long enough with one person, you develop the concern and understanding necessary to sustain a healthy relationship. When there is no common perception of time, it'll be difficult to establish what is expected of you and what you expect. This is where the illusion of an age gap comes in. Maybe when it hurts less, I'll explain.