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"Smalak! (Hive-mind exclamation)"
The fleeing captain finally had a chance to catch his breath. The soft-bodied alien, with a humanoid body but a jellyfish-like head, slid out of the cockpit and followed the Empire's receptionist into an enclosed room, trembling all the way. Cradling a cup of nutrient solution, he kept exclaiming something in his native language.
"Smalak! Thank you, thank you, humans! I'm finally saved!"
The hive-mind individual squirmed uneasily, his translucent brain almost directly exposed. Numerous thick tentacles hung from his shoulders, and he habitually lowered his head when speaking.
"My dear human friends, I am Smijib. As you can see, I'm being hunted. Thank you for holding off Black Needle for me."
"Hello, Captain Smijib. This is certainly an unfortunate turn of events." The human receptionist shook hands with the hive-mind creature.
Smijib held three translators, which translated his species' language into an unknown alien language before passing it through two more stages to produce human speech.
Although communication was somewhat difficult, both sides tried to use simple words and sentence structures, barely managing to make themselves understood.
Smijib kept wiping his head with his hands, which were covered in simple metal armor.
The human receptionist responded with a professional smile, then began asking questions. "So, Captain Smijib, what brings you here?"
Smijib habitually lowered his head.
"As I said, I seek