It is! How does it work?

[This is directed at the employee, who gives him a funny look before cottoning onto the fact that he's probably a newcomer. Therefore Victor gets the short 'electrical impulses' answer instead of the more full explanation the employee'd give one of his fellows.]

Ah.

[And to Terra again:]

Amazing what they can do with electricity. Back home we were only just beginning to explore what could be done with it.