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When you are aboard an alien construct of uncertain design and purpose, you touch nothing! You have no way of knowing if a lever could vent the atmosphere into space…if…if a switch could activate flesh-eating nanobots! Until you have studied everything, you have to assume that this station’s sole purpose was to isolate and destroy you personally! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! – RecklessPrudence

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Humans.

The very word quickly became an agonised plea to the Powers Divine to at least make them slow down. If there was anything that could magnetically attract human attention, it was something inherently harmful.

Case in point, these two. Stan and Laurel. Both annoyingly only slightly the worse for their adventure.

Adventure (n): A human word for events classed as messy, dangerous, and likely to delay progress towards any goals.

“I do believe I made myself clear,” said Captain K'Raabz. “When you are aboard an alien construct of uncertain design and purpose, you touch nothing. There is no way to tell if a lever could vent the atmosphere into space… if a switch could activate carnivorous nano-bots… if a button could blow up the entire installation.”

The humans started to talk, but she overrode them.

“UT! Until you have studied everything, you have to assume that that station’s sole purpose was to isolate and destroy you personally. Do you understand?”

Silence. Both looked at each other.

“DO YOU UNDERSTAND?”

“But it was such a shiny red button,” said Stan.

“I can’t help it,” said Laurel with her thick, Norfish accent. “I’m a born lever-puller.”

Humans…

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