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– Hans, look! Why do I see a snake? Am I dreaming or what? It looks like I see it in front of my eyes!

– But sir, I can also see it!

– What can you see?

– A snake, sir, I guess, it is a green mamba, very poisonous and agile! I wonder how could it sneak here?

– What The Heap! Checkup if it’s on the list of experiments; it might have crawled out of the vivarium!

– We don’t have a vivarium on the ship now! I mean, on this mission, sir.

– Where did it come from then?

– Maybe it was teleported to us instead of some zoo by mistake, or it crawled into the transfer device by itself, sir!

– You’re out of your gourd, Hans! We are in another galaxy! We haven’t entered the zone of possibilities for at least four weeks!

– In other words, it is hungry, sir! So, it may be aggressive. If I were you, sir, I wouldn’t be waving my arms like that… It’s pretty close to you…

– What The Helm! That’s the last thing I was dreaming about: to be bitten by a snake in space! Do something, Hans! After all, you’re a biologist!

– In a jiff, sir. We’ll have to cool the room to eight degrees.

– What for?

– This will reduce its activity, sir. And then I’ll carry it to the cargo hold. I think I saw mice there.

– Have we got mice, too?

– Could be, sir, but don’t you worry, the snake will gulp them all down. And when we come by the zone of possibilities, we may teleport it somewhere.

– Good idea, Hans. I think I even know where!

– Where, sir?

– You don’t need to know yet! It will be a surprise to the host…