Hmm, she was coming around to sit next to him! How marvelous... that was a welcome distraction from less pleasant thoughts. She had the same slender shoulders that he had... perhaps that was not a gender-typed feature of humans after all? Or perhaps ZEX's human body was unusual somehow...

For a moment, doubts again rose, but he fought them away. "Yes, I've always been very fascinated with your species." There, this topic always made him feel better. "I had little chance to really study you in detail before I came here... if nothing else, this unpleasant experience has at least given me that." A smile at the thought of his activities last night. "And I've learned a great deal since coming here..."

ZEX would have nodded, if the motion didn't make him extremely nervous. "I see..." And his smile inching into unconsciously-lecherous territory. "Of course, please go ahead."