Li Ang's lips curled into a smile. "Why did I wake up in agony, only to immediately get better after a 'battery' was installed;" he said, "why, after that rubber-suited figure opened the stone wall, did a sweet-tasting liquid remain in the grooves of the wall; and why, in Room F, was I required to extract 'battery fluid' from sugarcane?
"The reason is simple: the so-called 'battery' wasn't meant to provide Energy for this suit I'm wearing, but for *me*.
"This thing..." He gestured to the glass cylinder on his left arm. "...is just ordinary glucose."
Alice remained silent, tilting her head slightly, 'looking' at the battery Li Ang indicated.
