 What was the purpose of the box in the story?
It was exactly as he knew it would be: the milky-orange stream had become motionless and its minute whirlpools had stopped whirling; a nearby bee hung suspended over a paka plant, its transparent wings frozen in position for a downward stroke; and the heavy purple fluid overhead held fast in its manufacture of whorls and nimbi. With it under his arm he bounded along a dozen more steps, then stopped abruptly in his tracks. Overhead, a flock of spora were frozen in a steep glide, preparatory to a beach landing. When he got no reaction, he remembered that he himself was "dead" to the living world: he was still in a zone of time-stopping, on the inside looking out.
 To transport Purnie
 To transport Purnie  To kill Purnie  To save Purnie from the environment  To heal Purnie's injuries