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body when they die? P: The bodies are buried and returned to the native soil. They are not embalmed and entombed as they are here. Itis a great honor to return to the planet those chemicals, minerals, those elements which one has borrowed from the planet to house or to use as a vehicle. This is simply a returning to the planet of these energies and materials to be used again. MN. Ws Le -9 There are some diseases which can live in the ground, and if one has succumbed to these diseases this is the practiced method, in 4 order not to contaminate that ground. Tsee. You spoke ofthemetal buildings. Isany wood usedin construction? No, we do not use wood. The trees are not set. There are plants, yes, but they are not suitable for construction because the wood is not dense enough to support. It's flexible, you see. The gravity on this planet Earth is the reason trees make building materials because their evolution has dictated that to withstand the gravity they must be much more rigid. The gravity on this planet is only one-sixth that of Earth; thus the trees are not asdense. They grow very large, very full, too. But they are somewhat spongy in com- parison to trees on Earth. They have the equivalent of leaves and foliage. They have the process of photosynthesis, which is turn- ing the sunlight into nutrients to be used by the plants. This reminded me ofbanana plants. They grow very rapidly but their stalks do not have the proper consistency to be used as a build- +4 ing material. : Doyou haveanyform offood thatis producedby the trees? There is not food produced from these trees, not from which we are speaking of now. But offother plants there are fruits and vegetables, much as on this planet Earth. Many of the plants are more of a vine nature. These are indigenous to the planet. There are some varieties of fruits and vegetables which have been imported to the planet from other systems, however. Are they similarto vegetables thatare grownon Earth? There are some varieties which are similar. Tomatoes, for instance, have a counterpart. But there are a larger variety of 3? The Keepers of the Garden D: You saidthatdeath does occuramong thesepeople. What happensto the bono a at 9 D: What about cremation? P: That is valid, itcan be done. In some instances this is desirable.