You make your way towards the vole-man holding the sign. He's about a foot shorter than you, and his fur is tinged with a violet sheen. As he goes to speak, he first runs his bright maroon tongue across his lips.

"You are QuarrixCo person, perhaps?" he rasps.

"That's me," you answer. "Listen, there's a damaged cleaning bot. Do you know any way we could help it?"

"You want cleaning bot? I get you cleaning bot. Good price, too," he chuffs.

"No, you're not understanding me," you explain. "I need to FIX a cleaning bot."

"You maybe want technicians. Bound to be one here in crowd. But that not matter. You follow to talk to Kalranthi!"

Without looking back, he rushes into a hole in the crowd of creatures, which rapidly closes behind him. You instincively follow him, nearly losing him, but as you leave the crowd you catch sight of his rat-like tail disappearing along the opening to a reflective red AluSteel corridor.

If you want to follow him into the corridor, turn to page 47.

Or, if you think you might find a robot mechanic in the crowd, push back into it by turning to page 65.