Captain Noir nodded, jotting whatever worthwhile knowledge he heard into his notebook. He lowered his eyes down to the paper as he wrote, ears focused on whatever the slave might say. "My men will be rough as they need. It's not their fault if you have the skin of a child." he addressed. "My men treat you roughly because they perceive you as a threat. You're taller, considerably well-fed, and muscular to boot. I cannot deny that they may possess a slight fear of you. You're an exotic creature. Something beyond the horizon of their understanding. Soon they may treat you without roughness, if only you bare them your throat so that they may recognize you are no threat." He continued to listen to the slave's words, recording the information into sections regarding each slave he had interviewed. "Although, on your behalf, I may speak to my men for you. I trust my instincts, and my instincts tell me you are harmless."<br/><br/>He raised his gaze, scrutinizing Altair's features as he recorded what he saw. As he persisted with the monotonous activity he reread passages he had already written, as he grew with suspicion.<br/><br/>It was not the Captain's first time with dealing with Dusanian slaves. A mere couple of months ago, he had raided yet another Dusanian merchant ship, which possessed two slaves. Both of which were pleasure slaves, albeit at a lesser quality compared to Altair. Yet, though this raid procured a larger yield of slaves, none of them confessed to being pleasure slaves. It seemed strange to the Captain that there were no pleasure slaves to be had, if he trusted the slaves by their word - some of the slaves were considerably beautiful for the roles they had supposedly filled.<br/><br/>He realized that he hadn't asked the slave for his name, and he stared the slave dead in his eyes. He wanted to know the name of the curious and intelligent slave. "You may think of me as a barbarian or monster, and I'll let you hold me at that. I've yet to introduce myself. My name is Cygnus Noir, and as you already know, I am the captain of this crew." he declared. "Now that you know who I am, who are you?"