"Xira's a geologist. They'd be able to tell." And compared to some teams, these weren't that bad - but bad enough that they'd be intensely curious about the area. "But that's tempting to do, anyway." They'd listen to it if it said there were reasons not to touch, but...it wasn't their leader, not by any means.

Their leader wasn't here. She was back at base camp. Murderbot made a frustrated sound, stepping forwards.

"...help me make sure there's nothing alive around here?"