[There's a sizable pause before Gordon replies. Oh god. He can't talk to her NOW; his track record in this honesty field hasn't exactly been good. But... well she knows what's up. This could be alright...]

I totally understand. I think it's less of a gas or radiation and more of a passive field effect from a dimensional membrane overlay; I'm still trying to figure out the unitary group association. Uh, sorry if I say stuff like that that doesn't make sense; usually I can downplay it so I don't sound like a self-important egghead schmuck, but it looks like not today.

[Yup! Going just PEACHY so far.]

Can you give me the directory and file number? I'll download it and give it a once-over.