The Classroom

Gather around children, gather around. Today I am going to tell you all about that little blue dot in that screen there, see, in the sector 26? No, Annie, you can't touch it. Annie, sit down. Yes, you can sit next to George. No, leave his pigtails alone, Annie. ANNIE!

Now, does anyone know why that blue dot is so important to us? Yes, Kelly? Why yes Kelly, it does keep us alive. Annie, this is your last warning. Sit down!

That blue dot right there is what we call an energy cell. It provides us with all the nutrients we need in this quadrant. No, Annie, you can't put George's pigtails into your mouth. Annie, move to sit there, next to Principal Harris. Yes, NOW.

Where was I? Yes, as you can see, there are a lot of other dots on that screen too, but none are so important than the blue one. ANNIE, stop fidgeting with Principal Harris's glasses. I'm sorry, Principal. Here, I'll clean them up for you. Oops! Ummm.... I'm sure they can be repaired quite easily. Here, I have some tape for you. Annie, you come sit here, next to me.

Yes, that blue dot is made of organic material. Who knows what is organic? Kelly? Yes, organic is living material, very good. The most important thing to remember about it is, that it is a vessel designed to hold the energy units. These units are in fact what provides us with our nutrients. The whole thing is a work of art, a perfect blend of architecture and engineering, even if I desig.... say so my self. Annie, get your hand out of my pocket. No, you can't eat my key card. Give me that!

It is a self-sufficient system, does not require any maintenance at all and can function up to thousands of years at a time. Those energy units are born and die and live their life cycle without us ever having to meddle with them. Not that we could of course, with the Prime Directive and all. Annie where do you think you're going? Get back here!

Who knows what is the proper name for these nutrients? No, Annie, food is the common name. Kelly? Correct, it is indeed reaction waves. They emanate in a special frequency, and we gather them with what? Kelly. A sensitivity net. Yes. The energy units create different kinds of nutrients, depending on where the units are in their life cycle, what other units are adjacent to them and ANNIE! Stop that immediately! Put the speaker unit back to the wall mount and come here! Hello? Maintenance? Yes, no, that was a false alarm. I apologize. No, no emergency here. Thank you. Bye.

So, the nutrients. Some of them, the rarest, are sent directly into our finest restaurants, while the more common ones go to the general manufacturing units for packaging. And that's a short version of how we produce our food. Principal Harris, please take Annie's hand. Here. Now, children, next week I'll tell you all about how star medusas mate in zero gravity. See you then!

Yes, Kelly? Why thank you, I also think this is fascinating. May I tell you a little secret? I've given the energy units and the nutrients nice little nicknames. Want to know what they are? You do? Well, the units I like to call ”humans” and the nutrients are ”emotions”. Isn't it cute? Oh, no, you're going to be late, bye now!

See you next week!

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