Now wait a minute, wait a minute, just realized I nearly missed something here…“there’s only a few hours left,” eh? They’re on a time limit of some kind, which then begs the question of what kind. Time for a launch window? Time until certain needed power sources run out? Time until the mothership leaves? Time until Lem is somehow no longer useful to them, or his hypnotism ceases to work? Time until all those onions the kids have eaten reaches critical mass and they’re all suddenly too sick to work?
Now wait a minute, wait a minute, just realized I nearly missed something here…“there’s only a few hours left,” eh? They’re on a time limit of some kind, which then begs the question of what kind. Time for a launch window? Time until certain needed power sources run out? Time until the mothership leaves? Time until Lem is somehow no longer useful to them, or his hypnotism ceases to work? Time until all those onions the kids have eaten reaches critical mass and they’re all suddenly too sick to work?