"??"
|?˙?˙) Hello?
"Birdman uncle, can I come in?"
(?^▽^?)
As soon as she finished speaking, Annie had already stealthily slipped into the cabin of some weird alien uncle and walked several steps inside. Only after the automatic door closed behind her did she ask, in a sweet voice and with absolutely no sincerity,
"Bi-birdman?"
"Are you talking about me?"
Startled by Annie's sudden entrance, the big-headed, rather frightening-looking alien first looked around. After seeing that he was the only one in the room, First Officer Bortus pointed at himself and asked instinctively.
"Why did you call me a birdman?"
"I'm not a birdman!"
"We're Moclans!"
Then, after Annie's expression and gaze confirmed it, he shook his head and corrected her.
"Right!"
"How did you get in here?"
As he asked, First Officer Bortus of the Moclans added, sounding somewhat puzzled.
He was rather perplexed. This was his shared quarters, his private cabin. Even the captain needed his permission to enter, unless it was an emergency and he used his authority to barge in. Yet somehow, the little girl before him had simply opened the door and walked inside. Naturally, he couldn't understand it.
"I just walked right in!"
(*^▽^*)
"Wow!"
!(;?o?)o
"Is that the egg you laid?"
-=????=?????(?)?
Annie casually made something up, not bothering to mention that she'd used some "little tricks" to get in. Instead, she glanced around the room, spotted something that looked like a ball, and ran over with a cheer.
She had no idea which bigmouth had spread the word, but news that he had laid an egg had traveled all over the Orville. Annie had heard about it, of course, and that was the main reason she'd come wandering over.
After all, even for a great traveler like her, who had visited countless