I showed them my latest configuration taking into consideration the new power formula. As minuscule as the drop was it was a key element in making the modular system work. We were still a long way from building the damn things but we were a huge step closer. I let the Major look at the holograms until she seemed confident I was onto something. I sent my findings to Nick and waited. I sipped my soda and realized I was starving. I asked about eating something and found that the mess hall was closed. However, that didn't mean the General's personal chef wasn't available to fix something for us. The aging Mexican gentleman was happy to whip up a meal for us. As we followed him to the kitchen set aside for the General and his friends he talked about his love of food. He shared his love of cooking passed down to him from his grandmother and mother.
As he cooked he told one story after the other about growing up in a tiny mountain village, Oaxaca. He carried out two platters piled high with food and asked if we needed any more. I shook my head and the girls seemed content with the generous amount of food he had prepared. We ate while the chef cleaned up the kitchen and washed the dishes. I had offered but he kindly refused any help in his kitchen. Just as much as the General ran a tight ship around the base his chef did the same in the kitchen. After our meal I began answering emails and even established a conference call in one of the lecture halls. Rhea and the Major went their own way and I wondered if they were playing or up to other duties. I looked at what the other teams had come up with and felt as a group we might just solve this. I had to admit I was floored by Tyler Powell and his team. One of his interns was the one that made another huge breakthrough. The young man, Colin Murphy a physicist and musician by trade noticed the harmonic tones that the ring emitted as it was powered up. The tones changed once the connection had been made. His observations coincided with the drop in power and the brief connection to that other dimension.
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