You've been hired to work for an organisation known only as "The Company", your job being simple – using a space shuttle to travel between various moons and explore any abandoned colonies and facilities you can find in search of scrap, which you are made to sell back to The Company to meet an ever-increasing profit quota.

Today, your job has led you to the moon colloquially known as Assurance. You've been here several times before, and know not to stay too long after dark, lest you run into the local Eyeless Dog population.

In the late evening hours, as you step out of the facility you've been exploring, carrying a backpack full of scrap metal, and begin carefully making your way back to the ship, you come across an Eyeless Dog that's standing right in the middle of your usual route.

The eyeless quadruped is idly sniffing the air, its long tail swatting at its stocky body to ward off any stray Circuit Flies that wandered too far from the nearby hive. You begin slowly sneaking away, but step into the wrong spot, causing a few pebbles to fall from a nearby rock formation and clatter across the sandy ground.

The Eyeless Dog immediately turns its head in your direction, and slowly walks over. You realize too late that it has managed to catch your scent, and are just about ready to kiss your life goodbye as the Eyeless Dog approaches... until it just... sticks its long, drooly tongue out and licks your face for a second, just like a puppy would.