"I never went to school either," says the Mariner. She's sure there was some equivalent, back when she and her uRu counterpart were an urSkek, but she doesn't think much about that. "There's always time to learn new things, especially in a place like this." She shows him the book of charts she was examining before his question.

"Be grateful you don't know skekSo!" skekSa's feathers flare briefly. "He's a miserable creature. But we've spoken too much of him already. I am Captain skekSa." She offers a clawed hand to the stranger.