Sechs remained standing on the spot, his crowbar in hand, as he watched the boat smoothly glide its way to shore. There was still no sign of a driver -- or any sort of mechanism to propel it inside the windless cavern. No engine or autopilot computers... How did it get there by itself?

Cautiously curious, Sechs took a step forward to investigate the uncanny vessel. Knowing full well of the sort of "surprises" Landel liked to spring on his prisoners, Sechs couldn't allow the novelty of a self-guided boat distract him from possible danger. Frowning, Sechs stretched his neck out to get a better look. So far the boat still appeared empty--

-- That was, until a talking skull on a spine popped up like some morbid jack-in-the-box.

"URK--!" Sechs jumped back with a strangled yelp, staring wide-eyed at the skeleton with the frazzled look of a thoroughly spooked tiger. "THE HELL?!" Sechs' startled brain could barely register what was going on, all he knew was that for some reason or another, a freaky skeleton was talking at him! Then just as the skull finished its ghastly greeting, Sechs' dumbfounded alarm turned into shamefaced anger. Snarling, the former android reacted with the same measured reasoning of an indignant big cat -- by swinging his crowbar towards the skeleton's head--!

Clearly, this surprise was not well received by Sechs.