"What do we know about them?"
"They're humanoid, definitely," replied Mark as he gazed at a rack of
instruments. "We've already agreed on that. I assume that the two
figures I saw last night are from the people who constructed this
amazing facility. Can't guess why they're not out in force here, unless
there are only a few of them aboard. Can't guess why they don't show
themselves. Don't know how old this asteroid is or what it is for. But
they're definitely humanoid. Even if I hadn't seen them, we could tell
that by the shape of the tools and everything else we've seen."
"And the food they gave us is not too different from what we're used
to. And think about this: they put fresh fruit in those food packages.
They must have a hydroponic orchard somewhere in this asteroid. There
must be a huge portion of this complex that no human has ever seen-and
maybe can't get into! This place is big enough to house an entire city.
Maybe there are thousands of them here! George said that he only
explored a tiny part of the inhabitable region when he was here.
Everything we've seen tells me that they're a lot like us."
"That might tell us something about the nature of the universe, Joe. I
like to wonder about things like that."
"And look, these spacecraft have wings. They're not just for travel in
the void; they're made for flight on a planet with an atmosphere.
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