Still such a lovely shade. The human's reactions were delightfully unpredictable, not to mention encouraging. It was difficult for him not to simply grab and take advantage of him right there, as he'd seen in some of the videos the Melnorme had sold him, but he tried to show restraint in the face of temptation.

The Captain's question did slightly dampen ZEX's mood, though. "I'm afraid such things are before my time. Combustive weapons of that kind are not used much in interstellar warfare. Although I can operate all manner of weapons, building one is a different matter." Particularly a VUX weapon, which ZEX knew was out of the question, and he wasn't taking his clumsy human body into account. "Although, what supplies did you find, exactly?"