If light is the fastest thing in the universe, then how is dark there first?

Question: If light is the fastest thing in the universe, then how is dark there first?
- Keywords:
  dark,
  light,
  universe
Asked by jay to Huma, Jack, Lucy, Miranda, Peter on 14 Nov 2016.
- Peter Boorman answered on 14 Nov 2016:
  
  Hi Jay,
  
  Interesting question – dark is the absence of light, so I guess darkness isn’t moving – just the light inside it!
  
  Peter

Question: If light is the fastest thing in the universe, then how is dark there first?