Hmph. He doesn't really want to try smashing this glass. Feels rude.

Can he go back over to the subway car and fly over it?

He can go back over to the subway car, but the subway tunnel is set into the wall, and there isn't enough room between the car and the tunnel to climb into.

When he gets back to the weird film he pokes it.

It's weird and he has no idea what it's made of. Any hints?

He can't feel any pressure or texture, just a cold tingle going entirely through the section of his finger within the film, more gently than the first time he went through.

… He is not quite at the stage of making himself bleed just so he has something to use for his power. So he walks through the film, shutting his eyes as he does so because that was creepy, and walks nearer the subway car.

Is the orb still in it?

Walking through the film produces a gentler cold tingling than it did last time.

The orb is still inside. Now it's floating slightly above one of the seats, and glowing magenta.

He has no idea what the different colors might mean, nor why the film would produce different amounts of tingles at different times, but he decides to go inspect the outside of the subway car some more.

The outside of the subway car is gray with two blue horizontal stripes. It has the large windows and the double doors he saw from the inside.

What does either end look like? Is there any obvious thing to cause it to move?

The very ends extend into the tunnel. There is no obvious source of motion, and everything below the bottom of the door is below the floor and blocked from view.

Hm.

Have any of the orbs done anything interesting or are they just continuing to move through tubes or sit passively in the subway car?

The orbs of light are all zooming through the tubes, except for the one floating passively in the subway car.

Sigh.

He's not sure this place will be at all useful and the implication of the subway car that has already transported him somewhere is that it will transport him somewhere else if he goes into it.

So he goes and sits down on one of the seats again, making sure not to touch the orb.

The orb bobs slightly in the air and hums when he enters. After a few minutes, there is a chime and the doors slide quickly shut.

The car starts moving and is quickly surrounded in darkness again.

Woo. Maybe.

He plays a game on his phone for a bit.

It still doesn't seem to be running out of batteries.

The orb continues to float and glow, and the car continues to move through the darkness.

… What, it's not even running down in charge?

Its charge has remained at 73% since he got on and started using it.

That's kinda weird. Fortunate, though, since he doesn't have a charger on him.

Anything interesting outside the windows or is it still a black void?

The windows still look out onto dark nothingness.

How's the orb doing?

It still hovers above its seat and glows magenta. It looks like it might be reasonably content?

It's a shame he can't contact Relay. Would be interesting to see if the orb has thoughts.

He sighs and gets back to playing games on his phone.

The phone continues to inexplicably fail to lose charge.

After about ten minutes he looks at the orb again.

If it hasn't moved or changed colors, he'll try saying, "Hi."