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First iteration, we wanted it to be clear for the reasons that we discussed about not interfering with the aesthetics. Now, I'll tell you, when we got into the manufacturing phase, we had to choose a material that would be strong enough to withstand the pressure, but also easy to use, you know, flexible enough. And getting it in what's called water clear was a process. And not knowing anything about materials and injection molding, I really, it was an eye opener, because we wanted it to be water clear is the technical term for basically crystal clear, you can see all the way through it. And a lot of times, if you want something that clear, it's going to be too stiff. You know, think about acrylic, for instance, acrylic is very clear, but it's very stiff, it would snap if you put pressure on it in a certain way. And then you think about, you know, something really stretchy, like a rubber band. It's not clear it's usually solid, opaque or color. So, so getting that transparency was really important to us. And that in and of itself was a whole process to identifying the right material that could give us those properties, but also be trans, you know, totally translucent, so