Input/Output

"Ah, Edgemond. How is your research coming along?"

" We've... had a breakthrough in the spontaneous generation problem."

"Ah, yes, the matter-out-of-nowhere thing? Turned out to be cross contamination, did it?"

"Er, no sir. Here, I'll... just show you. Put these goggles on."

"Cripes! Some sort of bacterium?"

"Yes, sir."

"It's practically everywhere."

"Yes, sir."

"What does it eat?"

"Nothing."

"An autotroph?"

"Er, no, sir. It eats... nothing. And leaves behind everything. We... we think it may be the source of the universe."

"The whole universe?"

"Yes, sir."

"Is poo?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good luck getting that past the review board."