[And now Dist's smile vanishes, replaced with a frustrated scowl. It's not at Haruhi, just the situation he was presented with in accordance to his work.] There are fonons here, just very, very little. It's been weeks forthcoming, but I believe I've developed a mechanism to amplify - perhaps even replicate - the ones present here, and to gather them together for fuel.

It really depends, however, on what it is you want me to create. For now, that mechanism is only present in my small firearm, so I believe you need a different model...one that actually does the job you want. For which I'll need information on. [A pause.] As well as the reasoning for creating such machines.

[He's not backing down from that.]