For 1000 years the last remnants of the human race had asked the question "Why are we stranded?" Then they found Carandel, and some of the answer to why, and the dogs who had waited for their return. Now it was time to answer the last question; would the Earth of their forefathers ever be livable again? The Gymkhana makes the long journey to answer the question, only to find that it was not the last question at all, but the first in a list of questions that just grows longer each day...