The alien blinks at me a few times, before settling back into its vaguely smug demeanor.

“... Well. Perhaps you’re not so timid after all.” It pauses. “You’ve volunteered a bit of information ...” Another pause. I don’t like the look it’s giving me. “A proposal, then, since you’re trapped. You release me, and then I release you on my way out. I’m sure you’d like to go home as much as I do, after all.”

I really don’t like the expression it’s making. ... Or the idea of trusting this thing at all, let alone enough to open the glass.

... But it does seem to be letting me talk, now. Maybe I can ... work with that part somehow.

Or maybe just leave.

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