"The blonde kid's got a point. We don't even know why it's here in the first place?" Ratchet kept his eye on Sora, who seemed to be the most gung-ho on exploring what was inside. "You never know - you open that thing, and we're all sitting around eating nothing but applesauce and watching really bad holo-operas for the next three weeks."

Stepping forward more, the Lombax used his still-small stature to his advantage, moving around on the opposite side of the machine to get a better inspection of how it worked. He'd seen a lot of weird things on spaceships before, but a time machine was not one of them.

...whatever it does, maybe it can help find Clank.

(Or the Lombaxe--) That thought was better left un-thought.

He started feeling around, looking for a pressure sensor or a hidden switch, or... something. Any kind of tactic that didn't involve breaking it.