"I wasn't sure I'd be able to hurt her either. After all, it seemed like she could make herself immaterial at will... she put her fingers in my mouth. One would think she'd just let all attacks pass through her. Perhaps it takes conscious effort for her to do something like that, although she didn't seem to have any difficulty remaining invisible." For a moment, ZEX sounded more serious than usual... mechanically considering her as a potential enemy to be dealt with, rather than a beautiful creature he needed to woo. Old habits died hard, but it didn't last long.

"No, she didn't seem interested in the others... she didn't react at all when my Teisel attacked her. Like he wasn't there." ZEX kept poking his hairball, then blinked a bit with a realization. "Perhaps it's because I'm not human? Maybe she felt a kinship with me as a result... that other person on the board who said they'd seen her, they said they were a..." ZEX could remember how the word they'd used was spelled, but had no idea how to pronounce it... well, he'd just have to say it and hope for the best. "A SHI NAG AMI? My apologies if I got that wrong, I'm not familiar with the word and I've only seen it written. But that means they aren't human either."

ZEX looked at Sam with a bit more curiously now. "Are you human?"