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The episode’s confrontation with a “god of light” is symbolically linked to biochemistry designed for such cosmic beings—an allegory, perhaps, about humans’ attempts to comprehend or combat incomprehensible forces. Interestingly, the critique notes that the universe’s most powerful entity is defeated with “the power of the sun,” akin to historical conflicts like the English overcoming invasions, thus reducing cosmic stakes to Earthbound, almost trivial, metaphors.