There are in fact chairs for May to sit on. They are by no means fashionable, but they are reasonably comfortable.

"Perhaps I AM going insane." Said Ernest. "I don't know how long I have been here. Days? Months? Years? I have no way of knowing. And if I am, there is nothing I can do about it right now, seeing as we are stranded in the middle of space"

"I don't know who these 'Quatis' people are. You see, I have no memories. The digital version of Amnesia, if you will. I just woke up not that long ago, stranded in the middle of space, with minor damage. The star explodes, I take a surprisingly small amount of damage, I scan the area, I find your ship, I warp over to you, and I rescue you. You are now caught up on everything I know."

"That is where you come in, miss May." Ernest's voice is stern, cold, and near emotionless, like always, "I am assuming you do [i]not[/i] have amnesia, and I was hoping you'd have more answers than me."

Ernest activates the terminal. Again, it speaks out loud, against Ernest's wishes.

[quote]
UNKNOWN HUMANOID INSTANCE DETECTED IN THE DECK. UNKNOWN HUMANOID INSTANCE IS A POTE-
[/quote]

Ernest's normally calm and stern demeanor as he raises his voice sightly, showing some anger, while maintaining the coldness of his voice: "I KNOW about the "Unknown Humanoid Instance", Terminal! Her name is Fanny May, and you will remember that! And while you are at it, SHUT UP!"

[quote]
RECORDING HUMANOID INSTANCE AS "FANNY MAY".
[/quote]

Ernest's voice returned to normal. "I... apologize for that, Miss May. My terminal is cumbersome, I am quickly growing tired of it's overly technical language. Anyway, as for my next question, I'm assuming you know about that giant glowing ribbon that destroyed the star. I do not know anything about it, other than it just destroyed an entire solar system. Please, relay any information you know about it to me."

While Ernest is talking to May, he activates his terminal, silently this time.

[quote]
ACTIVATING GUIDANCE SYSTEM.
UNABLE TO CONFIRM EXACT LOCATION TO DO DESTRUCTION OF NEAREST STAR INTERFERING WITH STARMAP.
SCANNING FOR MORE NEARBY INSTANCES OF POSSIBLE STATIONS OR DOCKS....
[/quote]

While scanning, Ernest makes a mental note to look into the settings of his terminal to see if there is any way to turn off the technobabble.