[b]The figure rose as quickly as the man spoke. The tube in the figures arm containing the soil closed with a small hiss of depressurization. The figure said something, but it was incomprehensible. Impossible syllables and pronunciations spilled from the things helmet, and it soon realized that the man before it could not understand it. So, the figure began to turn a dial on its neck. The syllables and pronunciations gradually became more simplified, and soon it was speaking Russian. Then German. Then French. Then Spanish. Finally, it spoke your tongue.[/b] "I am a collector of sorts." [b]It's voice was heavily modified to make recognition impossible. [/b]