Ask and you shall receive XD
Anti, they find, only knows a little English. He recognized the word ‘name’ and gave his own, but more complex stuff, like ‘Why is your ship alive?” he doesn’t understand. Henrik suggests using drawings as a means of communication, and Chase undertakes the process of trying to teach an alien English.
Marvin, meanwhile, learns that the metal messing with their broadcasting stuff is unmovable, so they’re unable to contact the team on the ground. The only way they’re getting that stuff off is if Anti tells them how... and that’s slow goings on with just Chase, so he pitches in as well. Jackie is getting bored, so eventually they’re all floating in the hospital wing, trying to teach Anti.
Slowly, but surely, Anti starts to get the hang of this foreign language. From what he explains, he was trying to escape a “Hschterlthyl”, as Anti put it, with his friend, but they got attacked. When asks where the friend was, Anti simply said “Here. Brought me Here.”
The team starts to let Anti out of the hospital wing more, first letting him into the kitchen, then unlocking the rest of the ship to him. Henrik found Anti fascinating. He had so many strange abilities and features... Henrik followed Anti around a lot, making tons of notes and making hypotheses on how his species had evolved.
Marvin didn’t like Anti as much at first, blaming him for messing up HIS station. He once found Anti messing with his console and forced the alien out... only to find his programs running at lightning speed and his files sorted. Since then, he’s been more cautious... but perhaps not as resentful.
Jackie was in for the biggest surprise. He took Anti out for a space walk, an excuse to ask him about his ship, and instead found Anti staring at the planet they were circling. Anti correctly names the planet, despite no one telling him they were close to Earth.... but Anti goes on, talking about game shows and sitcoms. Jackie asked how he knew all this. Anti didn’t seem to understand the question.
It’s at this point the ship finally wakes up. It’s surface, which had been a dull green, suddenly shined bright. Anti, looking excited, unhooked himself from the harness, and pushed himself towards it. Jackie followed, telling him to stop. Anti just ended up dragging him along.
Just as they’re about to hit the ship’s surface, an entrance slides open, seeming to come from nowhere. They’re both deposited inside the ship, and Anti takes off his space suit, grinning. Jackie takes off his as well, and asks, alarmed, what happened.
“Jackie, meet Sam. My friend!”
the ship coos at Jackie, walls around him rising to help him to his feet. He stares at Anti, shocked to his core.