“There’s evidence of organic matter that has decayed over the years, we traced back through our archives of which microorganisms broke down biological matter and their waste products, to determine the origins, but the results were unsettling.”
“It was semen wasn’t it?”
“…it was.”
“And the sculpture inside?”
“…These ancient people had rather niche tastes”
ZrO2 and Si3N4 are magical materials for bearings, they feel like they’re not real, the same way titanium jewellery feels like plastic once it’s warm