The Mech Touch

0"Any serious discussion centered around the relationship between phase whales and phasewater inevitably devolves into a chicken and egg problem." The respected Master mech Designer and researcher spoke. "What came first, the chicken or the egg?"      3

Everyone had a different interpretation to this question. The debate raged on for so many millenia without anyone offering a satisfying resolution to this problem.     

Now, humanity has become confronted by a more modern and alien version of the same notion.     

"Let me ask you this, then. Which of the two emerged first: phase whales or phasewater?"     

Everyone immediately fell into thought as they tried to formulate a personal answer based on the information that they had in their possession.