"Awe: Friend Kari, you understand. The disgust that mirrors mine. At being made, a thing, then a mind that's seen as still a biddable thing."
That moment of connection passes as Xotl says something well and truly terrifying. Grilka is coming. Now.
Alarm. Not ready. Eir nearly here and I don't know what to do.
Coils of gold twitch and bunch beneath smooth plates and Neph's form plumps and bristles. They clasp their hands, remaining seated. This being must be Grilka. Rippling tail, jagged scales and all smooth, predatory grace. Gripped by indecision Neph tries to plan as Grilka teases Xotl in eir way. Draws talons through Friend Kari's hair. Dangerous, unpredictable Kari who seems little more than a pet in this situation. And dire attention falls on them at last.
Not ready. What do I do. Not enough is known about the Krotazi. Just scraps of language and terrified analysis by scientists that don't know what to make of this race.
Turning their single optic to gaze at Grilka, Neph makes a decision. Their uninflected voice slips into the strange Krotazi tongue. Alien and sibilant, "Deferential: Greetings <untranslatable: baron, lord, apex predator> Friend Kari has proven to be quite interesting. I am Neph. I hope my presence doesn't intrude on your <untranslatable: territory, domain, demense>"
Neph is statue still in the way only a machine can be. Their glowing eye flickering rapidly between violet, pink and pale orange as they watch and wait.
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