> Considering the make up the Mass,  Ryo-oki is merge of the Mass and a
> mineral life form.  The Mass is a communal life taking direction from a
> dominant partition.  The Ryo-oki we see is the dominant partition.  The
> other partitions inhabit the lake absorbing energy.  When the cabbit forms
> a space ship it phases all of the other partitions to itself thus not
> violating the law of conservation of mass and energy.  Notice in some
> scenes there are multiple control crystals in the ship but one master
> crystal.  Washu even indicates this in some side comments in the OAV.
>

    Remember, i'm talking about in the TV series, not OAV...

_Yoshi_