"Permission tenuously granted, I know I don't need to say it but be careful."<br/><br/>Cortez worried about the<em>Gospel</em>, the black cube in particular. Energy levels like that combined with absolutely no knowledge of how it operated meant that any prodding and examination of it would be done well away from anything else. The glass was puzzling as well, perhaps they used lenses extensively?<br/><br/><em> Or maybe it was just a new take on a 'mirror trick' </em>