ɪn kəntˈɪnjuːəm, ˈælən mə kˈiː ɹˈaɪts, "sˈɛɾɪŋ hɜː stˈoːɹi ʌv tˈaɪmtɹˈævəlɪŋ ˈeɪliənz ɪnðə mˈɪdst ʌvðə spˈænɪʃ sˈɪvəl wˈɔːɹ, ænd jˈuːzɪŋ pɪkˈæsoʊz ɡˈɜːnɪkə æz ɐ mˈɛɾəfˌɔːɹ fɚðə mˌʌltɪpəl pɚspˈɛktɪvz fɹʌm wˈɪtʃ hjˈuːmənz sˈiː ðə wˈɜːld ɚɹˈaʊnd ðˌɛm, hˈælɪdˌeɪ ˈɑːɹɡjuːz ðˌɐɾɪt ɪz pɹɪsˈaɪsli ðɪ ˈækt ʌv mˌeɪkɪŋ sˈɛns ðɪ ɛɡzˈɪstəns ʌv kˈʌltʃɚ wˌɪtʃ dᵻfˈaɪnz hjuːmˈænᵻɾi.
In Continuum, Alan McKee writes, "Setting her story of time-travelling aliens in the midst of the Spanish civil war, and using Picasso's Guernica as a metaphor for the multiple perspectives from which humans see the world around them, Halliday argues that it is precisely the act of making sense - the existence of culture - which defines humanity.