After Hector had helped the space aliens fix a hose on their space craft, by way of thanks the aliens told Hector that he could ask for any favour.
Hector said he wouldn’t mind travelling to their exoplanet for a look. “How long would it take to get there?”
“Travelling at just under the speed of light,” said an alien, “it would take around eleven earth years.”
“Count me in,” said Hector.
Hector is now mummified and naked in a glass cabinet on Planet Ekruks.
Weave a Web 
Be careful what you wish for!
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I’ve had many a space alien make generous offers but I’m always careful.
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Space aliens and genies – always check the full terms and conditions before you agree to anything.
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Wise advice Iseult – and all the better coming from a voice of experience.
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wise man
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You just can’t trust those aliens! They don’t think like us…
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The closer their planet is to a black hole the more demented they are.
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A display case that shows a world of regret.
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Is that because he’s naked?!
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Time wrinkles the best of us, I guess!
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I can no longer bend over far enough to see. That’s something they don’t warn you about.
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He should have asked for his own spaceship.
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It’s easy to be wise after the event.
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Such is always the case.
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I hope he’s enjoying himself.
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He doesn’t like the food apparently.
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I always knew the Ekrukites deceive us humans. It’s time for an intergalactic war, methinks
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In warfare apparently they are rather backward. In fact they don’t even have a word for war. So now might be the time to strike.
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One way to achieve immortality I suppose.
Oh, remind me never to stop by the roadside to offer help!
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That’s sage advice Chris. Some of those older alien craft can look a bit like beat-up Japanese Toyotas.
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Ah, yes, the old Toyota 120Y. Strangely always in orange…perhaps the only colour to withstand the rigours of space travel.
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The colour of apples doesn’t travel well.
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I guess nothing is completely free! I know some politicians they could take!
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Never trust an alien, they’re always trying to get you naked!
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Clearly we were abducted by the same aliens.
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Hector don’t fear risks 😂 He just lives for the fun of it…
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