Hearing an alien speak Kryptonian with such astonishing fluency, the girl could not help but freeze.
She had regretted it the moment she spoke Kryptonian, because she remembered that hardly any aliens knew the language.
That was precisely why she had been stunned when she heard someone speaking Kryptonian.
Then, the girl quickly realized something was off. Thinking back, although the other party's Kryptonian had been extremely fluent, his accent was somewhat stiff—rigid, like the textbook pronunciation of someone who had learned the language from books.
"Why do you know Kryptonian?" the girl could not help asking.
To her surprise, the blond, blue-eyed alien did not answer her question. He merely gave her a strange look and said, "I thought you should introduce yourself first. After all, I already introduced myself. My name is Dilos Sullivan."
"Selena. Selena Jones." For some reason, the girl instinctively felt that something was wrong and made up a name on the spot.
"Is that so? Then why does your spacecraft say your name is Kara Zor-El?"
The moment he finished speaking, the girl felt as though her heart had skipped a beat. She abruptly looked up at the alien named Dilos Sullivan, her heart racing wildly with anxiety.
Damn it. I must have slept in the ship for too long—I actually made such a mistake!
The girl cursed herself inwardly while tensing her entire body, prepared in case the alien pounced on her.
"Don't be nervous. We won't hurt you, provided you don't do anything dangerous."
Seemingly noticing her tension, the alien awkwardly waved his hands and offered a friendly smile to soothe her.
Perhaps because his features were so gentle, and his smile had an oddly reassuring quality, the girl realized that he might not be as terrible as she had imagined. She