ᎨᏍᏗ ᏯᏂᎦᏔᎮ ᏄᏓᏅᎯᏒ ᏭᏕᎵᎬ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᏫᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᏄᏍᎦᏎᏛ ᏭᏂᎶᎯᏍᏗ.
So the distance to the West was entirely abstract, as was the length of time it might take to traverse such unimagined space and the danger that might wait along the way.