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Noise. Footsteps on metal. Metal meant refined ores, and that in turn meant intelligence. Yet he _couldn't_ inhabit an intelligent mind!
Jerry opened his eyes and took in the scene before him. His vista was oddly diverted into vertical panels, and then, as his mind settled into full control, he knew that the panels were spaces between bars.