The security chief, captain, and Miss Warren sat outside cell 7, the captain nursing his coffee in an ornate mug covered in a mandala of fractal patterns. It was the exact fractal used in targeting solutions by his favorite class of star ship. A fine mug... the coffee was horrible though. No filters in space, not after that one incident. Just grounds floating in brown soup. Some ceremony...
"OK, so you're saying you dont know why the planet was destroyed, or...?"
"I'm not stupid, Sir, it was this rock in all likelihood. Or something getting caught up in the mess this rock started." Jae said, defensively, "it's just i have no idea what, specifically, happened..."
"Our lands have been altered and torn asunder?!" The twins seemed to have trouble speaking separately when flustered. Maybe a mental link?
Lydia interjected, "The stone alters perception but not essence; it's part of the themes I was trying to weave into th-"
"Shut up. The fleet gives Redstone treatments to prevent that sort of backwater hick psychic effect for an essential fuel source. I don't care what you want it to mean, I just want the stone. Hand it over." The captain never once sounded angry during this speech, rather confused by how awful the drink was. Maybe tea, next time?
