You're looking for a "rock/paper/scissors" solution. And the sad thing is, that unless you conveniently suspend the laws of chemistry and physics as we understand them, you're left with speculation and fiction, which for speculative fiction is just fine, innit? So stop worrying and give yourself permission to be implausible. Stop trying to be perfect and cover all your bases and write the dang story already. If the story contains "truth" it won't matter how implausible the stoopid detail is. Nobody doubts Big Bird's credibility, do they?
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And the sad thing is, that unless you conveniently suspend the laws of chemistry and physics as we understand them, you're left with speculation and fiction, which for speculative fiction is just fine, innit?
So stop worrying and give yourself permission to be implausible. Stop trying to be perfect and cover all your bases and write the dang story already. If the story contains "truth" it won't matter how implausible the stoopid detail is. Nobody doubts Big Bird's credibility, do they?