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The door had slipped open and whether he was too distracted to know she was there or not, Ghubari stopped dead in her tracks with the swish of the door forcing to her take another step in. Her leaf-shaped brow furrowed more deeply than it already was and there was a very confused expression on her face. “Nico? By the Ancestors, what are you doing?” She wasn’t upset, she was just curious… and very confused.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Nico froze in mid dip in the water before he was ready to waggle the game board again. He had definitively not heard her enter, he was that preoccupied with his game. Nico looked at Nightskin with grass green eyes and “Bleek”. Then made the most human gesture of shrugging. Apparently he did not know any more than she did, what he was doing. Carefully he put the soggy board back in the box. Then pushed the statue back to where it was supposed to be. Then signed “Shadowbrother, says me good for to learn be Sneaky thieving Weasel. I Practice being Shadowbrother since he already Sneaky thieving Weasel, so I be best Sneaky thieving Weasel.” maybe he meant spy, but who knew. “Me ask questions of bad person, Woodface very bad, bad guy, me stop him.” Nico attempted to explain, Puasing to snarl at the Statue like this its fault. None of the items that he was wearing, not the backpack that was half sticking out from under the couch, were items given to him by Her or Korn-Rows.

Nico the Treecat

OOC I just can’t stop laughing… :-) Ian

Ghubari peered at Nico and then nodded. “Right.” Without saying anything else for the moment, she moved over to the sofa and sat down, processing this very strange set of circumstances. At length she continued, “By any chance have people been helping you with this… training, or have you been finding things of use that perhaps were not your to begin with?” Oh, now she was amused, but she knew if Nico was getting around the ship too much she might need to put a stop to some of this. But she’d need more information first.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Nico paused, he was not certain he was in trouble, his person seemed amused, but that did not mean he might not be in trouble, she had laughed and punished him before. Nico considered the moment. Never once considered lying that was just not a thing he understood in the least. There was truth, and not saying a thing. Those were the options. Then again many telempathic societies were the same way. It was hard to lie when the information was shared mind to mind. As Nightskin pushed him to do, he signed, instead of sending her the story mentally.

“Shadowbrother tell I be good Sneaky Thieving Weasal, if I learn good me go to school near the gates of gold. Shadow brother teach me, but I teach me too. Learn good!” Nico signed excitedly. “I find things others forget, I trade for things I no have” Nico said about the items since she wanted to know. “I no take things people still want, just things forgot, dirty dusty forgot long time.” Which was easy enough to believe. Items left in a Jefferies tube might as well be gone to the sands of time for the likelihood of someone remembering where they left it. It did seem Nico had done a good bit of exploring. “I help shadowbrother chase down money cost when he sneak around ship. But we only find Sunrise Secret, and Moneycost hurt Sunrise Secret.” Nico looked sad for a moment, “I get better next time, I help better, and no one get hurted.”

Ghubari knew that Nico was a protective creature at his core. His priorities might not always match the ones of Starfleet. Since she came first no matter the situation, and he did not really understand diplomacy beyond trade and aggressive negoations.

Nico the Treecat