Okay, that absolutely wasn't the answer he was expecting.

Maine has to work very hard to keep his expression neutral and not look at Miles as if he's speaking and drawing in another language. He might as well be, really. What he's saying makes sense in theory, but the diagram he sketches is hardly recognizable as the galaxy that Maine is familiar with.

There's Tau Ceti, and Earth is part of Sol. At least they have two systems in common.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SLIPSPACE. INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL.