We may need a new unit of measurement

[desperance]

That moment of time, between my producing a chicken from the fridge and the cats manifesting at my feet in expectation? It must be measurable to science - it is an article of faith with me, that all things that are, are lights measurable to science - but allowing for observational error, it is as near to instantaneous as makes no never mind.

Sometimes I think the cats even manifest before the chicken. Now that is downright scary.