Summary for the vision impaired:
The pink thing declares that it has provided “HELP!” but the Descender asks “how?” just before a CLUNG alerts him to the animated form of the newly created body ascending towards him on the rungs of the staircase.
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Still, it seems an odd kind of help. What our dude really needs is information. There doesn’t seem to be any physical task to complete that would be facilitated by adding an automaton, or whatever that is that the Pink Thing made for him.
So, maybe the Pink Thing wants a body so s/he can finally be free of the evil biological space outpost station place. And yeah, maybe s/he needs to do physical tasks that Our Hero can’t do. Or maybe Our Hero has to do a certain task that he can’t do alone.
Summary for the vision impaired:
The pink thing declares that it has provided “HELP!” but the Descender asks “how?” just before a CLUNG alerts him to the animated form of the newly created body ascending towards him on the rungs of the staircase.
—
Still, it seems an odd kind of help. What our dude really needs is information. There doesn’t seem to be any physical task to complete that would be facilitated by adding an automaton, or whatever that is that the Pink Thing made for him.
Oh my bob that is sort of creepy.
So, maybe the Pink Thing wants a body so s/he can finally be free of the evil biological space outpost station place. And yeah, maybe s/he needs to do physical tasks that Our Hero can’t do. Or maybe Our Hero has to do a certain task that he can’t do alone.