Comic Transcript

Panel 1.
Alkina: Epo, did you translate that correctly?
[On display, “Pls hlp, ‘n orbit 4va!!!!!”]
Epo: Are you doubting my computational abilities?

Panel 2.
Alkina: Heh. I was just kidding. We should check it out, just in case. Please take us to the source.

Panel 3.
[Epo approaching a cylindrical object that looks like a plane’s fuselage.]

Panel 4.
[Alkina working the communications control.]
Alkina: Hello, can anyone hear me? Do you need help?

Panel 5.
[Over the intercom.]
Young voice 1: Hello? Oh, thank goodness, you are here to help us!
Young voice 2: Shhhh. You don’t know that. We are not supposed to talk to strangers.

Panel 6.
Alkina: If you are in trouble, I can try to help.
Young voice 1: Oh, wow, that would be cool. We’re, like, so scared!