"A symbolic language," Howard muses. It's a whole different paradigm than what he's used to, but he could work with it if he was taught the basics, tease out the rules of the system and immediately go about learning how to break them.

But then reality hits, and he looks disappointed. "If we could bring this home...and have it work...Tony, we could solve the energy crisis, or at least mitigate it, if we could teach everyone how to make light whenever they need it..."