Fiat Lux

Alright

We're inside the interrogation chamber at S4
It's kept dark for the comfort of the aliens
The, uh, figure who is just barely visible in the left foreground is the telepath who is the conducting the ritual between the being and the initiate
Behind him is a seating area for the other unknown superiors
The alien is seated behind a glass partition in a biocontainment area
Which is maintained at "Biosafety Level 2," the lowest designation
That's primarily for the, uh, protection of the aliens, not us
The theory is that, uh, that if they were going to infect us with an alien bug, it would've happened 150 years ago
In fact, uh, all indications are the aliens eliminated microbial and viral life from their own ecosystems long ago
They aren't susceptible to our diseases directly
But it has been shown that microbes can reproduce and form colonies in their respiratory systems
Which tends to exasperate the debilities they seem to suffer anyways in our "environment"
Uh, in fact, here, you can see the alien is beginning to flag
Uh, the initiation was not going well
The telepath was trying to clarify some points about the prospect, but wasn't receiving coherent responses
As you can see, the being is in real distress
At this point, the telepath is, uh, trying to revive the initiate
Uh, he's trying to communicate with the alien but he's getting no response
There's very little he can do
The reintegration can be very traumatizing
If the initiate in unable to establish clarity with the being
The being raises the initiate only after she lets go completely
This is what they mean when they say, "Let there be light"
It's so much more literal than one would imagine
By the way, that light is coming from behind his eyes
It looks that way, but look at his mouth when he— see?
I'm sorry, it's hard for me to watch this
That's what it means
All is one
The children of the sun