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tube or something, like a fuse, but it seems like it's fluid. It moves. Something about ajunction. Some kind ofconnection or some- thing. And it's part of how it works. : Are thee many ofthese liquidlights? Four ... five. Fivel Five in arow, side by side. They're like little tubes, that have ... looks like liquid light flowing through. And then they go in behind to the rest of the panels somewhere, something in there. Are they like neon lights? Yeah, kind of, except you can't see through it It looks like solid light. : Didhe say what they use thosefor? It's sort oflike our blood is to our body. That's how that is to the nt E Wa You mean like afuelofsome kind? No. Not like fuel, but more like blood. It sort of keeps it circu- lating. I guess he's trying to say it carries the energy around. : Doyou mean these arein otherplaces in the ship? (Interrupted) Goes throughthe ship. Circulates, is how it gets through the ship. It circulates. That's what he said. : In thewalls, orin thefloor? Yeah. Through the machinery. Like oil, I guess. Circulates, only it's not the fuel, it carries the fuel. The energy. That's it! It car- ries the energy. Circulates it through the ship, through the rest of the machinery or whatever that is. It's not like machinery. TL ee ee a ee ed Through the rest of the stuff that works, whatever it is. : Is this animportantpart? It'sjust onepart. It's not a main part or anything. He'sjust show- ing it to me, explaining how this kind of stuff works. : Canyou see the otherplaces whereit circulates,orare they hidden? It's like I can't see them with my eyes, but I can see a picture in my head ofwhere they go. It's sort of inside and goes through it to the middle. A bunch of stuff. Idon't know what itis. It'sjust part of the stuff that makes this go. : It's hidden behind the walls? P: Sort of. It'sjust in different parts, different areas, covered with different things. Lots of stuff in there. It's behind that little panel. It's there to look at and, I guess, make adjustments or check on itmaybe. Idon't know. Butit's there soyou can see it. D: That's strange. Isit any certain color? Discovery ofEarlierContacts 239 stuff on the ... whatever this is.