Edge of madness!
I can transmit your instructions, Commander; but I will need you to repeat them, more formally. After he had done so, Asenath went on, Two questions, Commander. First: neither the human nor the automated facilities on the moon operate under radio silence. Anything with the ability to detect electromagnetic radiation already knows where we are.
“I know,” replied Tobias. “And I can’t do anything about that. But — you’ve analyzed the footage from the camera, right?”
Yes. It seems very anomalous.
“Yeah.” Tobias suppressed the alarming giggle that word provoked before going on. “Anomalous. But it’s a monster. It’s got to be! Maybe it doesn’t know what technology is. Why should it? It’s surviving the moon just fine, isn’t it?”
Your heart rate is increasing… excuse me. That sounds like a good working hypothesis, Commander. Which leads back to my next question: what is your plan of action?
Asenath’s ready acceptance calmed him, more than he expected.