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It was almost ironic that their whole way of life was dependent on the feces of another life form, but I will refrain from turning it into a metaphor. IT WAS ALMOST IRONIC THAT THEIR WHOLE WAY OF LIFE WAS DEPENDENT ON THE FAECES OF ANOTHER LIFE FORM BUT I WILL REFRAIN FROM TURNING IT INTO A METAPHOR
 of a fine, white powder into the water that was running down into the lake, and after the first had been poured in, they added another and another until they had put a good five barrels into the water source. Once they had finished, they took the empty barrels to a large cage that was down the road a bit, inside of a small grove of trees and shrubs. Inside the cage was a multitude of little beetles that crawled around every which way and were evidentially feasting on a large chunk of glowing material. For a moment I was surprised, and wondered what it was they were doing, but then it hit me: they were the delcator beetles that Bernibus had told me of earlier, the ones that absorbed the radioactive material and stabilized it. As I learned later, they had two good uses, one was that they consumed the unstable materials and neutralized them, but the other was that their droppings, when mixed into the water supply, also gave all that consumed them a greater tolerance for nuclear material.  THEY WERE DUMPING A BARREL OF FINE WHITE POWDER INTO THE WATER THAT WAS RUNNING DOWN INTO THE LAKE AND AFTER THE FIRST HAD BEEN POURED IN THEY ADDED ANOTHER AND ANOTHER UNTIL THEY HAD PUT A GOOD FIVE BARRELS INTO THE WATER SAUCE ONCE THEY HAD FINISHED THEY TOOK THE EMPTY BARRELS TO A LARGE CAGE THAT WAS DOWN THE ROAD A BIT INSIDE OF A SMALL GROVE OF TREES AND SHRUBS INSIDE THE CAGE WAS A MULTITUDE OF LITTLE BEETLES THAT CRAWLED AROUND EVERY WHICH WAY AND WERE EVIDENTLY FEASTING ON A LARGE CHUNK OF GLOWING MATERIAL FOR A MOMENT I WAS SURPRISED AND WONDERED WHAT IT WAS THEY WERE DOING BUT THEN IT HIT ME THEY WERE THE DELCATO BEETLES THAT BONABUS HAD TOLD ME OF EARLIER THE ONES THAT ABSORBED THE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND STABILIZED IT AS I LEARNED LATER THEY HAD TWO GOOD USES ONE WAS THAT THEY CONSUMED THE UNSTABLE MATERIALS AND NEUTRALIZED THEM BUT THE OTHER WAS THAT THEIR DROPPINGS WHEN MIXED INTO THE WATER SUPPLY ALSO GAVE ALL THAT CONSUMED THEM A GREATER TOLERANCE FOR NUCLEAR MATERIAL
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