CAPTAIN: Strange? What do you mean "strange"?
STELLA: I just tried to access a Bible verse to share on the planet. The
verse—it . . . it wasn't there.
COMMANDER:
Wasn't there? What do you mean it "wasn't there"?
(Boogie taps Stella as if to say something)
STELLA: (turns to Boogie) What is it, Boogie?
[ music begins to "It Wasn' t There (Underscore 1)"
Boogie pantomimes playing a percussion device]
(Kids look expectantly to Stella to translate)
STELLA: (translating) It wasn't there.
COMMANDER:
(taking out a triangular tablet) It's the Intergalactic Bible
Database, our only scripture source for generations! There's no
way that it would just "not be there." That's how we read the
Bible!
ZITA:
(logically) Perhaps it is malfunctioning.
CAPTAIN: (dry and joking, over her shoulder) Did you try blowing on it?
ZITA:
(confused) I do not see how blowing on it will—
CAPTAIN:
I'm joking, Zita. Ancient electronics sometimes used to start
working if you hit them or blew into them.
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