Asso

One evening, arriving from a distant sector, Matt and Paula were met by two figures of almost the same height.

Next to the proud and straightened Ridge Now the robot obeyed commands without question and could even maintain a light conversation. This amused the small team of Earth astronauts very much. Of course, no one had yet written the rules for the duration of his stay on Mars, and, consequently, Matthew could not be forced to return to earth as soon as possible. Moreover, he and Paula found the remains of the ruins of ancient buildings. Matt delayed this news until the last, but when opening the lower layers, a drilling machine broke down near the dilapidated wall. On the morning of the twenty-fifth day of the expedition, while having breakfast, Ridge learned from Matthew about this dizzying discovery. Now he had to repair the device with them, which could allow him to learn even more significant secrets.

Well, can you manage here without us?

Ridge turned with a smile to the Asso, standing, at the table.

"Whatever Dr. Ree says," the chrome robot replied in a monotone tone. Iron hands began to remove used dishes from the table. Fast, silent, and flawless. Having finished with the preparations, the team of researchers went to the excavation site on light all-terrain vehicles.

Ridge, I couldn't wait to see the ancient Martian ruins with my own eyes. The road took about half an hour, and soon the stone skeletons appeared before the earthlings. About half a meter thick, the walls formed the semicircular contours of once-huge buildings. Hundreds of thousands of tiny holes were visible on the outer and inner parts of most of the visible remnants of the premises.