Fortunately for our heroes, the mugger decides that this isn't worth a fight, either, and gets shooed away.

Marco's been staring at this guy in confusion; on a station with an assorted bunch of aliens and other weirdos, someone who talks funny and wears old-fashioned clothes really sticks out. He would have overlooked it before when they were just passing each other by, but now that they've been in this shared experience, he's had a chance to process it some more.

"Who are you, some Monty Python sideshow?"

There's teenage gratitude for you.