Those flying machines, those walking machines! Everywhere! Chase us, hurt us, stop our adventures. Bad robots.

Those flying machines, those walking machines! Everywhere! Chase us, hurt us, stop our adventures. Bad robots.

Worry passes over Polo's face, and they seem to visibly shrink. Seeing the records of the pirate ships I had destroyed seems to have deeply upset the Gek.

An awkward moment passes, then Polo makes a suggestion. Polo feels that civilisation should come back. Then the pirates would not need to steal, surely? There would be no need for any more killing or bad behaviour.

The Sentinels are the problem. Polo suggests I make a point of destroying any that I encounter. We might then have a better understanding of the machines' weaknesses, and we could be friends again, too.