Minimus can understand the difficulty in sounding one way or another. He'd gotten many comments at how he gave any kind of information as grave news.

"This portal technology is rather experimental. Space travel is reliable and less resource intensive. When transporting supplies and a large group, we don't want to risk anyone's safety." He hoped that nothing terrible happened to Dr. Solis in her experiments. "To think of it, we mechanoids are slightly more familiar with metals and electricity than organics. Perhaps this marked our affinity with advanced technology, but not so we are all experts."