In a rare scene, Sen. Clayton Hee, who has intervened to stop Hoopili, and Hoopili exec., Robert Bruhl, chat during a recess.

Public testimony has resumed. LUC Chair Normand Lezy tries to keep it on track as some digress into parables and the history of Hawaiian names.

Commissioners appear to be struggling to look alert as testimony approaches two hours.

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