Private Going to Meet a Spaceman

Well this was certainly some job they were taking. Transport a human back to their home planet because some sketchy morons assumed they just caught themselves a monkey. In his current skin, Nero could easily pass as one, which probably made speaking with the people paying for this job feel even more awkward. Awkward enough that Nero did make a few attempts to push up their pay. Not to mention, this wasn't some fancy reactor core or something.

Nero also insisted on making it very clear that this was legitimate transportation, and not just some trafficking ring his crew had gotten roped into. That sure seemed like it from the sounds of things. But now it was time to meet the new, likely temporary addition to their little band of mishaps. Xeros had come along, being curious about meeting an actual full human. He figured it'd be fine so long as he didn't gawk at him like the former zoo exhibit he used to be.

"Well, looks like this is the guy. What the frack did these skizzards do to his face?" he squinted at Hugh and let out a sigh. "Eh, guess it don't matter. Howzit? You can call me Nero, this is my associate Xeros, seems like you'll be part of our crew till we can get ya back home."

A human, a full human, that was something that had piqued his interest indeed, he did hide his interest decently well. Plus getting the chance to visit his mother's home planet, it was going to be an incredible experience.

So he'd accompany the captain, between his tail wrapped around his waist, his digitigrade legs and other inhuman features, Hugh wouldn't even realize he was part human.

"Angered the wrong guy did we?" he'd say, his nose twitching as it took in the man's scent. "Like the captain said, we'll be hauling you home, do behave until then." He held a certain amount of sympathy towards the human, something that was relatively rare.

"Not even a smidge close. I just wear this so that I don't scare children." Nero answered without actually answering the question. He was pretty sure he'd only shown Azlin his actual self up close. Others might know what he was, but it wasn't something he tended to break out to often.

"I wasn't even born on this rock. Actually I've never even been to this planet. Xeros here is half human or something, should've seen how excited he was to meet a full human," he said smiling smugly.

Xeros would snort, finding it mildly amusing that Hugh mistook Nero as a human. "I'm not what you expected from a human?" he'd ask the hughman, jokingly, "what? Does the tail throw you off?" He hadn't expected him to realize he was half human, he didn't look it beyond being humanoid.

"How long has it been since you saw another human?" he'd scratch at his cheek, "eh, either way, you'll see plenty soon enough." As would he it seems, seeing his mother's home world was going to be interesting.

"Xeros, taunting a man who's spent a good chunk of his life in a cage over things he's had no means of gaining much knowledge about the greater universe is one thing. When that man is going to be sharing living space with you for the foreseeable future, I don't recommend it," Nero said growing a tinge annoyed at Xeros's poking at the man.

"But yes, we're taking you back home. From here on out you're effectively a free man."

Xeros would snort would Nero recommend he stop. "Yeah yeah, we'll be taking you to Earth," a trip that was going to be an interesting for the half human. "Ship's ready and waiting," quite literally in their case, "you'll even get you're own room."

The half alien was ready to go, he'd satisfied his curiosity in regards to the human, he was ready to go.