You see that.... Beautiful isn't it. The watering hole, the place where all the humans go to feed, drink and meet up with other humans. Humans are very social creatures, but all of them still prefer to have their own territory. They work out this problem by having their territory in a different area of the ship, and then return here where the territory is communal. Technically it is owned by the alpha who allows all the others to go about his space." The camera slowly zooms in on another large, intimidating figure, much larger than its human counterparts, with bright red carapace and a beak-like face. "Humans are notorious for their pack-bonding ability. This creature right here is a Drev, named Cannon, and he is just as much a part of their human pack as any of the humans are. With a lot of species, to become a member of the social structure, there may be some sort of challenge or requirements one might meet, but integration into a human pack requires only time, and the stipulation that the humans actually enjoy your company. As far as science can tell, the Drev and the Humans are the most psychologically similar species in the universe. Not many tests have been done on the subject, but they seem to have a similar cortical and limbic structure, which suggests that humans and Drev feel and think in the same way."

Dr. Krill moves around the corner and scoots just a little closer the camera jostling in his hands. The humans are the first ones to notice his presence lifting their heads from the odd multicolored mush on their plates. Those strange, unnerving eyes lock onto him, an entire pack of the creatures. A few of them began to chirp at each other and at the camera as Krill moved forward. The Drev raised their heads relying on the human reaction as they turned to look at Krill grunting huffing a hooting at each other with their own strange dialect.

"As a doctor, I often come here to observe the health of my humans. You see when a human isn't feeling well, they will often avoid socializing or even eating. Now you well know that humans need food to survive, so to see a human not eating is a very alarming sign. Additionally, from here I can observe their social patterns to determine how healthy the social structure is. Today everyone seems happy and calm. Now, because this is such a large place where many humans come to eat, you may also see pack conflicts between subordinate humans."

Krill moves up the gauntlet of humans even despite multiple pairs of predatory eyes locked onto him as he goes. The camera doesn't even tremble as the humans lean over him occasional paw swiping at the camera as they hoot back and forth to each other. He turns to the camera towards a row of humans. One of them swipes at the camera showing his teeth as he does his dark eyes and brown skin blending pleasantly with the strange green/grey outfit he wears. "Down Chavez, sit." The human pulls back head tilting sharply to the left mouth open slightly.

"See, a firm hand works well with the subordinate humans specifically the low level pack members. Chavez is a very young juvenile member of the pack and so does not have a very high ranking, and the more subordinate you are the more dangerous work you do. You see he is what is called a Marine, and the humans use members of his class as protection and to fight. On the other hand, the Alpha could choose to stay aboard the ship and avoid all confrontation but isn't likely to do so because he must show his competence to the rest of the pack by supporting his subordinate members." The camera trembles slightly as the Dr.'s voice changes imperceptibly, "Besides, the marines are the dumb ones."

The pack of humans erupt into a burst of sound. It is a horrifying sight, teeth flash as the humans snarl before exhibiting a strange noise like the revving of an engine. One of the humans rises to his full height and hoots something loudly to the room. All close-by human groups are making the same revving noise now. It seemed as if the Dr. was about to get jumped and ripped apart for some breach of protocol, but the humans themselves remained seated though their eyes never left the Dr. as he moved around the room with his camera pointed their direction. Slowly the lens zooms in on one of the humans hunched over his plate and using some strange silver tool to shovel the strange much into his mouth. The camera continues in until the human's face filled the entire picture, "See that, the human jaw muscle is one of the strongest in their body, making the human capable of biting off fingers, and, for certain nonhuman species..... Limbs. I don't know if you can see, but inside the mouth they have two rows of teeth, now teeth are actually bones that grow from the gums and protrude into the mouth. The front two teeth are generally used for biting and holding, the sharp pointed teeth next to it are for ripping, and the teeth behind those, the ones that are sort of flat and round are using for grinding. Though humans are classified as a predatory species, they are primarily omnivores eating both meat AND pants. Hard and fast rule is that a human can eat almost anything as long as it contains nutritional value. Correction, humans can pretty much eat anything they can digest, it may not provide them with the minerals they need to survive, but they will at least digest it."

The human in frame looks up cheeks puffed out as it attempts to hold food inside its mouth. Seeing the camera, it freezes in that posture eyes darting around towards the other humans who begin making that revving sound. The human swallows hard and grimaces wincing as it rubs its chest with one hand. The Dr. hurries over and smacks the human on the arm. The human sits back reproachful brown eyes looking at Krill, "Don't take such big bites." The human yips in response. The camera shakes slightly, "The younger humans are always a little enthusiastic about their food. Now the issue with this is that the human trachea was moved further down in the throat to give them such a high range of vocalization that you see here. However this ability to vocalize also makes it easier for them to choke on their food. Choking being the obstruction of the windpipe as food becomes stuck in the esophagus. Sometimes, I have to discipline the humans participating in this risky behavior, and I can do that because they see themselves as subordinate to me. The alpha will tolerate it because it keeps the peace, and I am a useful member of the pack."

At that moment, the entire room raises their head to something behind Krill. A few of the humans stand up making a strange signal with their arms. "That will be the alpha coming into the room. What you see right here is a greeting ritual that the subordinate humans will use to fall in line under the alpha human." He turns the camera around to find a familiar human. The alpha stands in the doorway single green eye sweeping over the crowd to fall on Krill.

"Let's see if he will tolerate my behavior today."

The green eye rolls, but he ignores Krill for the moment and barks something to the room. In response, the other humans go back to their food. A figure steps from the hallway behind the captain. It is another one of the Drev creature, this one is only a little taller than the human with bright blue carapace and glittering golden-yellow eyes. She grumbles something at the alpha, and he clicks back his answer reaching up to place a hand on her shoulder, "Ah, you see that, I have been waiting a while to show you a demonstration of human affection. Now this is only a small one, but humans often use touch to both greet, dominate and show affection to each other. Now the Drev you see here is a young female Drev who falls as the 1 Beta aboard this ship. In any other situation, she would be the Alpha to her clan, but has given up that responsibility to the more dominant human." The Drev and the human turn to look at each other somehow managing to highlight the same expression across their dissimilar faces.

Suddenly, the female Drev reaches out and shoves the alpha human. Eyes wide he stumbles backwards, trips over a chair and goes crashing to the ground. The entire room makes that revving noise as the alpha scrambles to his feet with a reproachful look on his face. He hisses something at the Drev, and she grumbles something in return. Surely this is a behavior that the alpha would deal with. But he only shows his teeth and bats softly at her with one of his large paws, the two of them return to walk side by side over to where the food is being served, "Now that was an interesting little interaction you got to see there. Seeing that technically the female Drev is also an alpha, she chose that moment to assert her dominance and remind the human alpha of that fact. If it was anyone else, he might have chosen to continue the competition, but instead chose to allow the interaction."

From the other side of the room, the human lifts his paw and makes a gesture with a set of fingers. The nonverbal is unknown.

The humans don't stop staring at Krill as he moves around the watering hole. Their eyes follow him with their predatory grace, slowly sweeping back and forth as he moves. Sometimes they call to him in their strange rumbling voices, and sometimes they just watch. Eventually many of them turn back to their food ignoring him for the most part.

He stalks through the tables barely coming up the human mid-back even when they sit. He narrates as he goes and sometimes they turn to look at him before going back to their food. A few of them watch continually from where they sit. The corners of their mouths are turned up eyes wide with amusement heads cocked comfortably to the side.

"Ah, now this is interesting." Krill moves forward bringing the edge of the camera up beside one of the tables. A male and female human sit across from each other, "This is a good demonstration of human courting rituals. Look at how close the male is sitting to the female, how he leans towards her." The human glances over at Krill shifting in his seat as he turns back to the female. The little line of fur above her eyes is raised as she looks from Krill to the man. Krill moves closer until he is right up against the table, He zooms in on the humans face.

The human turns his head away from the camera lens doing his best to ignore Krill as he continues mumbling towards the female who sits back showing her teeth, "He will be trying to woo her. Perhaps he will try to look intelligent and sophisticated.... He is not doing a very good job." The human turns to glower at krill hissing something as his eyes narrow before clearing his throat with a huff and turning his attention back to the original conversation. The female sits back in her chair she is showing more teeth than before as she looks back and forth between Krill and the other human.

"I don't know if you can tell, but humans tend to court based on their genetic health. Those with high genetic health tend to mate with those with the same genetic health as them. As you can see this female human is much healthier than the male human. In colloquial terms one might say that he is out of his leave."

The female human snorts and makes that odd revving noise.

"Ah, look see that is an interesting reaction. That color change in his face is actually do to an influx of blood into the neck and head. I am not really sure what it is for, some say that it is actually evolutionary trait chosen by its use in social situations. It's a way we can tell he is embarrassed." The human whirls on Krill and snarls. His lips are pulled back from his teeth and his eyes are narrowed. He stops upon realizing that the other humans are watching intently. They wait in expectant silence as the human male shifts in his seat, eventually the alpha waves a paw at the young human and barks something at him from across the room. The red in his face grows deeper as more blood rushes into his neck and head. He turns back towards the female human who is showing even more teeth than before.

He makes a coughing noise and then continues to mumble quietly.

"Often humans try to use their voices to attract each other, this humans voice is not very impressive. He keeps tripping, and if he keeps speaking so quietly, than she will not be able to hear him." The human plows onward as quiet revving stars up from the humans around the room. All of them are watching him.

"See how the coloring has changed, I am surprised he has any more blood in the rest of his body as it is all in his face."

There was some barking from the other humans and the young male stumbled even more forcibly.

Krill turned the camera towards the female human, "Hm.... It is hard to tell what she will think about his advances. The teeth are a good sign, but the human female does not always keep her emotions at the surface. With all of his stuttering and mumbling she may decide to reject him for a better mate." Still showing her teeth, the human female swipes at the camera and chirps something before turning to look at the male human nodding. The human male is still horribly red, and slumps down in his seat only to show his teeth

"Hm, wow, it worked. I did not expect that."

Across the room the humans begin hooting and screeching slamming their hands against any close hard surface.

"Apparently all the other humans are impressed as well, bet they didn't expect this to happen. They are congratulating him with loud noises. Humans love when other humans make loud noises for them." The alpha barks out another loud string of noises, and Krill turns the camera on him.

"The alpha would do well to remember that despite this human's incompetence when dealing with female humans, he himself has never managed to court another human." He stalks a little closer with the camera still on the alpha who has gone rather quiet, "You know I have wondered about that for a while, as a medical doctor it worries me. I would have assumed that he is very genetically healthy for a male human, and if so why is no one interested. I played around with the idea that, perhaps, he has some kind of deformity that only humans are aware of and I am not."

The alpha shifts on his feet and sits back down. He grumbles something at the camera.

"I have wounded the alpha's pride. As a human he will likely find a way to retaliate at a later date"

Translations.

Hey Krill, What's up, what's with the camera.

Are you like, narrating or something?

Is this for some kind of documentary? Or are you just being weird.

Nerd

Hey!

What is that supposed to mean!

What are you talking about, I am the smartest person I know.

You signed up for this job, how smart can you be?

You know what, he's not wrong. I've never met a dumber group of people, and that includes myself.

What are you my mother?

Now what is this all about?

Oh, this is Krill's new thing. I think he's making some kind of documentary or something like that. Get ready to be annoyed excessively.

The hell! What was that for?

Because I felt like it, do I need a reason?

So... uh, I was wondering if you..... maybe might be interested.... I mean you don't have to say yes, if you don't want; I just thought that since.... Since we are friends or....

Are you serious right now Krill?

So anyway..... I was thinking that you and I....

Come on

Get on with it.

At this rate she will be married and dead by the time you finish

Oh Krill, knock it off and give him a break. Of course I will go out with you

Nice!

Sweet!

Nice job man!

It's about damn time!

Alright, alright Krill..... I get it.