The universe is not expanding;
it is simply looking for the Elk.

"We look into the cosmic void hoping for answers, oblivious to the fact that the void has antlers, and it is grazing quietly upon our realities." — Foundations of Elk Theory, Chapter I

"Is the sovereign elk a product of space-time, or is space-time merely the dust shaken loose from its magnificent velvet?" — Paradoxes of the Cosmic Forest