At least Shion wasn't alone in her explorations of the Station; KOS-MOS moved with her, on full alert for any threats to her creator. The greatest threat was, so far as she could detect, the abysmal state of repairs for this facility.

But other than what her sensors could find -- and that was far less than she was accustomed to -- KOS-MOS could not answer the most pressing questions that both of them possessed.