SENJO<br/><br/><strong>"The colony supports families, Sir,"</strong>I said, pointing to the teddy bears and other scattered toys on the floor of the Hab Block.<strong>"And if it was a pet such as a dog, it would run if it was afraid. There has been a serious incident here. Fighting. Any pet animal might be scared."</strong><br/><br/>Investigating the floor gratings had drawn a blank, there was no way to get under them unless the animal was small, like a rat and the chances of vermin being on a colony where every single thing came here by fully quarantined company shuttles was so unlikely as to be zero. There were no access ducts either. I spoke over the comms channel again.<br/><br/><strong>"I have checked the gratings in the floor of the walkway. There is no room for a person or anything bigger than a rat to get under it. If you cannot get a visual, whatever it is must be small and moving below the haze layer."</strong>