"The ceiling panels and scales pleated open down the length of the ship, revealing a crystalline mass that had been hidden beneath it the whole time. It stretched from wall to wall and extended over the cockpit as part of that glassy swell Caiden had touched to emit the bubble universe around the ship. A smoky lavender glow emanated, filling the bay. Not a digital light—something cellular, bioluminescent. Scintillations spread along branching pathways within. Inner facets shifted and flashed organically from different angles. Like so many of the new materials Caiden had seen, this spine existed between qualities and phases: glass, metal, jewel, and liquid. Panca placed a hand on its surface and closed her eyes. The core in her forehead absorbed candescence. “Hybrid organic.”"
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