Alien- Button Pressing

Five moved to the workstation and depressed a series of buttons.
He’s been watching, Cruz thought. Then another thought struck him. Seven might be better at management and organization than all the bureaucrats on Pala Station combined.
The surviving synth pulled its pistol and fired several rounds into Five. The creature turned, pushed one more button, and the glass front slid aside.
Damn. How had Seven known the complex combination of buttons needed to do that?

Infiltrator, Chapter 36