They took a quick, but also agonizingly long break for snacks before continuing.
“They have a light fur over most of their bodies and probably stood about 35 cm tall. Based on superficial scans of the body, we found a surprisingly large brain case in comparison to the mass of their body. They have four long and very delicate fingers and toes and it looks like they could use both for grabbing objects the way chimps used to be able to. Their eyes were quite large and they don't have any other prominent features like ears or noses.”
“We're going to bring an X-ray camera out on the next trip.” Chen said noncommittally.
“That's about all that we had time for before our fuel got too low. But Yolanda. You're gonna love the images!” Muobo was almost jumping up and down. “I spent a long time staring at a few of the plates. Girl, they've got chemical formulas. I'm not sure yet what that means. Maybe it's a description of their technology, or something else. But there were a whole series with different minerals and elements kind of..embedded into the material. It looked like a sort of periodic table.”
“Yes. We've carefully documented and analyzed each aspect of the cavern. We're going to label each piece....Chen thinks the folks back home are going to recreate this somewhere in the inner solar system.”
“I'm certain that Mrs. Fu will want to do that.”