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Things moved so swiftly then that the series of surprises I received was practically one continuous blow. The walk through the _Saturn_ was a revelation in itself. Like the cabin in which I had awakened, the ship was all metal, glass and plastic. And a funny metal at that. It was hard, but it looked soft, if you know what I mean. Which I'm sure _I_ don't! The name of the metal, Donovan told me, was "permalloy. " It was a special, non-conductive, something-or-other resistant alloy.
" -- invented," said Sparks, "around the end of the twentieth century. " And he looked at me curiously. "Oh. I forgot. You wouldn't know about that, would you?"