"It is, but not all humans would be welcome to the idea, and it is not honorable to use another person against their will. I was fortunate to find a human who bore many tattoos and did not mind temporarily gaining another." The word 'humanoid' intrigues him, though he can see why she would use it. It makes sense to use one's own species as a basic point of comparison. "There surely are, though I have not seen them all myself. The Dhaghem may have been similar; the old songs are more concerned with honoring their heroism and sacrifice than what they looked like."

So many questions! It has been a while since he's answered this many, but a warrior is patient, and this human's enthusiasm for learning is commendable. It reminds him a little of the last breeding cycle, when the population had many curious cubs. "We do, though it still takes a great deal of time to travel. We have been traveling for two of your years, but I do not know your distance units well enough to say how far we have come."

Unity is in his nature, as one might expect. A K'da who doesn't care about others is a dead K'da, so cooperation is a matter of life and death, even without the Valahgua to worry about. Her human government sounds much more chaotic, though not surprising. "Though justice and vengeance often have the same result, they must not be confused for the other. Was the trial a fair one?"