He smiled a little in understanding and nodded moving on to the next.  This Alien was small and looked looked almost harmless, kind of like a hairless puppy.  When they stopped it growled and spikes of bone emerged from its skin and it hurled its body at the bars of its cage hitting them with a loud 'clang.' They continued on this way, Gabriel telling her a little about each  prisoner and what their weaknesses were in case one or, god forbid, the whole lot escaped.