Uala was not in charge of containing the specimens. Xe was also not in charge of capturing the specimens. Xe didn't even get to choose the specimens. Xe just did data collection and practical research.
It wasn't a bad job, anyway. Xe liked it. The only jobs xe got these days were the interesting ones, because xe was the only one whose curiosity thoroughly overwhelmed xyr good sense, and xe wasn't squeamish. Ideal qualities for a scientist, though it wasn't going to do wonders for xyr life expectancy. This was as close as xe was going to get to fieldwork.
Tentacles slid over one another and silk fluttered in xyr wake as xe went gliding down the hall toward xyr lab, where someone ought to have already relocated the containment unit. Xe might have just picked it up from quarantine xyrself, but apparently this one was quite large. The file did not specify where this one had been acquired, which gave xem a sort of morbid curiosity. Uala knew better than to ask for details, despite that. Not relevant to xyr work, wasting time and sticking xyr tentacles into other peoples' business.
Dry-breathing mammalian vertebrate didn't give xem a whole lot to go on, but it was a start. Someone had left a note that it was a little like a keph, if keph were bipedal and intelligent. That was much more specific, and much more interesting.
Then again, the preliminaries had been done by interns. Who knew what they considered intelligent.
Xe turned on the lights in the lab as xe entered, both sets of eyelids blinking as xyr eyes adjusted to the light.
«Oh, my,» xe sang with delight as xe looked over the transparent enclosure, somewhere in the range of c-sharp major. «You are a big one, aren't you?» Xe collected the control that went to its restraint bracers, but didn't use it just yet. Though it was very tempting to drag it up against the enclosure to get a better look. Xe wanted to see what it would do if xe left it to its own devices, first.
«Hello, hello,» xe sang, knowing very well that it couldn't understand xem. Xe was really just trying to make soothing noises, drawing all xyr tentacles inward to try and look small and unassuming. «Are you going to let me get a better look at you? Don't be frightened.» Not that it didn't have good reason to be frightened, but it made xyr job so much harder when specimens were skittish. Uala's coloration changed from a bright coral to a pale gray-blue, easier on the eyes and perhaps more soothing.
It wasn't a bad job, anyway. Xe liked it. The only jobs xe got these days were the interesting ones, because xe was the only one whose curiosity thoroughly overwhelmed xyr good sense, and xe wasn't squeamish. Ideal qualities for a scientist, though it wasn't going to do wonders for xyr life expectancy. This was as close as xe was going to get to fieldwork.
Tentacles slid over one another and silk fluttered in xyr wake as xe went gliding down the hall toward xyr lab, where someone ought to have already relocated the containment unit. Xe might have just picked it up from quarantine xyrself, but apparently this one was quite large. The file did not specify where this one had been acquired, which gave xem a sort of morbid curiosity. Uala knew better than to ask for details, despite that. Not relevant to xyr work, wasting time and sticking xyr tentacles into other peoples' business.
Dry-breathing mammalian vertebrate didn't give xem a whole lot to go on, but it was a start. Someone had left a note that it was a little like a keph, if keph were bipedal and intelligent. That was much more specific, and much more interesting.
Then again, the preliminaries had been done by interns. Who knew what they considered intelligent.
Xe turned on the lights in the lab as xe entered, both sets of eyelids blinking as xyr eyes adjusted to the light.
«Oh, my,» xe sang with delight as xe looked over the transparent enclosure, somewhere in the range of c-sharp major. «You are a big one, aren't you?» Xe collected the control that went to its restraint bracers, but didn't use it just yet. Though it was very tempting to drag it up against the enclosure to get a better look. Xe wanted to see what it would do if xe left it to its own devices, first.
«Hello, hello,» xe sang, knowing very well that it couldn't understand xem. Xe was really just trying to make soothing noises, drawing all xyr tentacles inward to try and look small and unassuming. «Are you going to let me get a better look at you? Don't be frightened.» Not that it didn't have good reason to be frightened, but it made xyr job so much harder when specimens were skittish. Uala's coloration changed from a bright coral to a pale gray-blue, easier on the eyes and perhaps more soothing.
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