In our days we have ceased to wonder, but once people were thoughtful. We have eyes which magically can 'move us' to the far distances in an instant, giving us a 'room' (space) where the 'walls' are infinitely far away. This Mayan picture of an astronomer (from Skywatchers) makes the point:

His eye is reaching out to the stars surrounding him where he is sitting in the dark center of the universe.

Light arrives instantaneously. The speed of light, it can be argued, is infinite because nothing travels faster. In fact, it is a basic component of our own space-time cosmic frame of today.

During the day our eyes play a dominat role among our senses. The rest have to wait until darkness in order to be 'heard' properly. These secondary senses are of two kinds: those for use close up (feeling, smelling, tasting etc) and those for medium distance (hearing, the warmth from a fire, etc). Next to our eyes in importance is our ears.

Telling stories at the camp fire will transport minds to far away ancient places. If time can move backwards it should be in the night, not in daytime.