It doesn’t matter what species you are. If the ship’s engineer start running you better follow -- Anon Guest
Only Humans ever invented running as a recreational activity. Which is why places with a jogging track also have large volumes of warning labels. Before Humans joined the Alliance, even possessing something that could pass as a jogging track was never a priority. When one cogniscent was running, it was generally a good idea to run with them. They obviously knew more than you did.
Which was a problem on the Seeking Barbel, where the crew had thought that hiring a Human as a protective measure and an engineer would be a smart idea. It was an honest mistake. Ships' Humans generally have other occupations than being there and scaring off random encounters. What they didn't know when they hired Human Noot was that she was a fitness junkie.
The instant the Human figured out a set of looping pathways aboard the Seeking Barbel, she began trotting along them in her free time. As you might understand, this caused some evident confusion.
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