"I'd appreciate it more if I was better versed at breaking into things," Zechs noted. "It lends to the idea that the train is some manner of AI, however."

... That depended on the motivations for destruction, Nita.

Zechs frowned. "If we're to get anywhere, an attempt at contact with this entity should be made. Carefully. It cannot pinpoint our location, or the location of another world, if it's simply ... an animal in character, destroying out of instinct or hunger."