transcript:
cat mum: what’s 6 times 7?
cat boy (making faces): 6 7!!!
cat mum: hilarious, as always. but actually …?
cat boy: 42
cat mum: 6 x 7 - 6 7 - is 42?!
cat boy: yeah … so?
cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
cat boy: daddy! mommy’s being weird again!
cat dad: aww, you see son, - your mommy is just a huge dork!
cat mum: history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes!


No, the question ends up being “what is 6x9”, which they then surmise would explain why everything is all screwed up.
Corrected from 8 to 9, it’s been a while since I’ve read it lol.
you have an off-by-one error
Thanks, fixed. Broken in any multi-universe.