He had to admit that the device Barry Seltzer had developed for siphoning water through the Grail was nothing short of ingenious. Nothing had been done to the cup itself: no holes drilled in, no intrusion on the surface. Percival would have fought to the death to prevent such a thing, and he doubted that Arthur would have requested it of him. Instead Barry had developed a system of elaborate tubes that filled the Grail—which sat in the middle of a massive rig that occupied an entire large room—with water and withdrew it in a constant, steady stream. The water then moved to another section where it was blended with standard bottled water to create the appropriate mix. That was then pumped to another room where bottle after bottle with the label GRAIL ALE on it slid through on massive high-speed conveyor belts. Workers kept a careful eye on the entire process, steadily making adjustments so that everything moved along smoothly and in an uninterrupted manner. At the end of the manufacturing day, the Grail would be returned to Percival, who then took it to his room and kept it safe.
