361/64 //top\\ ✓
The numbers 361 and 64 were the dimensions of the aperture. Not kilometers, not miles, but pixels. The universe, in all its infinite vastness, was being funneled through a grid of 361 by 64.
361 divided by 64. It couldn't be reduced. It was an ugly, irrational number in its decimal form, stretching out endlessly. It was a glitch in the code of the cosmos. An error that had been patched over with a black disc. 361/64
And then, the screen went black.
The fraction was simplifying.