[Eddie keeps a close enough eye on Heero to notice little more than his neutrality. He's a very taciturn young man, for reasons Edward almost wishes he could forcefully uncover-- but he shouldn't pry, should he?]

Not exactly?

[Well, that was promising.]

It's a 'system', these environments are either fabricated by the ship itself-- which I wouldn't find at all surprising-- or it's a gateway, and we're temporarily able to trek over small portions of a natural, uninhabited world. Uninhabited by conscious creatures, that is.

[He gesture off towards a bird flying overhead.]

We have plenty of animals here.