He took a few moments to recover from shock. He was pretty sure he had never seen someone quite so agile outside of video games. Maybe she was from a video game in someone's reality.

Finally he realized that he had been asked a question. "O-oh, l-laptop, it c-came with me, th-though there's a g-good chance s-someone c-could make another, o-or f-find a datapad f-from the ship."

He patted his laptop fondly, and from behind it, Alice, a black rat, poked her head out to see who it was that Alex was talking to.