Challenge #01800-D339: Your Average Away Mission — Steemit

“The heck is this?” said the ship’s human, LtCmdr Abel Jain. It rustled as ze waved it around.

“Essential equipment,” said M'koi. “This is hostile territory and a pre-travel civilisation. We can’t allow ourselves to be detected.” He demonstrated his next words. “Wrap it around you and hunker down and you’re indistinguishable from a rock.”

“Apart from being bright green and noticeably fake, shyeah,” said Jain. “Do you know if they have eyes?”

M'koi flattened his ears and hissed. “I do not now nor will I ever acknowledge this mystical ‘light’ malarkey. This is one of your elaborate human ruses to make us look ridiculous.”

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