"Based on the structures we have found, the Agrii have somewhat different physiology compared to a human. If there are other--others here"--he'd almost slipped up and said Immune, but all the Immune had been forced into human bodies anyway, and they're not here to fight a zombie virus like they had been in Proles--"with significantly different manual dexterity, we can of course work with that as well."

He makes a gesture with his hands, a word in a strange kind of sign language. "In my original home, there were creatures called Huragok or Engineers that had tentacles with very fine motor control; they had no difficulty using any technology of any kind. If one were here, we could have this sector of the city working within at most two days."