Two People

Baxter and I were reading together when he began asking how many people live on earth. "Are there more than a hundred?" (100 is the be-all, end-all of numbers to him.)

"Yes! There are 6 billion people", Matt told him from the other room. (Yes, this is because I had no idea of the answer, I'll admit this. Well, wait, I knew there were more than 100, but once we get into the billions, that's about all I feel I need to know.)

He was silent and looked somewhat perplexed.

"It's a huge number, isn't it? Bigger than we can even imagine, really," I said.

After a minute he said, "I can only imagine two people, actually."

"Oh, really?" I was not sure what he meant by that.

"Yeah. Me and Ella."