It contains a type of technology that allows it to store specific settings for the machines inside the wall. Think of it like a latch on a door. You use this, and it opens the way for the information to go to what does control it.

[She has a lot of questions and he only has some answers. Shiro holds up a hand to forestall any more questions as he sorts through what she'd ask.]

The planets are alive in their own ways. Not all life is the same and not every planet has the same weather. Some are living creatures that allow others to live on them. I've seen a lot of different plants. Some look like ours and some don't. I don't remember them all but later, I could draw some of them so you could see.