The chassis continued to spin in its seated position. It showed no reaction to having its weapons moved. None of them responded save the archaic laspistol, which immediately hummed to life just by Nilam coming into contact, but it powered down just as quickly, its microcapacitor going silent once more.

"I am unaware of the events that lead to our chassis' siphon-jack attaching to the hull of the vessel you retrieved our housing from. We have been drifting in deep space for at least three cycles. Our stand-by protocol in deep drift includes automated attachment onto a vessel's hull and siphoning minimal power until enough can be accumulated to jump-start our main generator. I would have been activated if our protocol had endangered the ship. As to attracting pirates, you did not detect us until we began attempting a feedback surge. My readings indicate we were attached to the ship for at least [two months]. They did not detect us either. I assume vessels in this region are not sophisticated enough to detect nanonets of the size required to conceal our chassis."

As Lachssniv spoke, both Blackwell and Breeze noticed that the entity began turning its head to look directly at Breeze. At the end of its analysis, it dischaged a small amount of air thrust, steadying its position and looking between the two creatures. Its gaze fell on Breeze again, and if either of the two were watching closely they could notice a faint strobing in those purple dots.

"Who are you? Your dialect is difficult for me to parse, and our Mind is currently unpowered."