Sky Lynx rocked back on his haunches straining to maintain the unnatural position, growing impatient since the human seemed to have no intention of answering. There was no point for him to ask again or demand an answer since one would not be forthcoming. The edges of his mouth twitched as the minutes ticked by and still the human did nothing but stare at him in an unsettling manner as if he was some sort of fascinating specimen in a jar.<br/><br/>His large head turned on his long neck as he watched Leyanth hesitantly approach, noting the way her slender frail hands trembled. Was she still freighted of him? He vented a soft sigh of frustration once again wishing he was better at offering comfort to others.<span style="font-style: italic">I will never harm you.</span>When she reached for him and laid a sickly grey hand on the warm plating of one fore leg he stilled his large frame. Large blue optics widened in surprise at the soft vibrating pulse that radiated through his frame leaving behind a pleasant tingling sensation. A quick system check confirmed that she had done nothing to harm him. Confused he tilted his head and gazed at her, expression questioning.<br/><br/>He stiffened slightly when she began to run her fingers over his armor. He wasn't used to being touched outside a slap to the shoulder or other friendly gesture.<span style="font-style: italic">' Its nothing.</span>he muttered, feeling a bit ashamed of himself for overreacting and causing minor injuries to himself.<span style="font-style: italic">My self-repair system will heal these insignificant wounds within the hour.</span>Little by little he leans into the gentle caresses, frowning when she stops .<span style="font-style: italic">'Thirty-five? There have been others similar to my kind?</span>At least that was what he thought she had said though it was hard to discern what she really meant and it greatly concerned him. He was about to ask another question when soft beeping sound from the other enclosure interrupted him and before he could react Leyanth fled back to the other side.<br/><br/>Walter waited until Hull had left before flipping him off. God damn science pukes. Who did they think they were? He was the one who had to risk life and limb walking into the enclosures of the animals and he had the scars to prove it. He'd never seen a science puke walk into a cage with one of those things unless it already restrained or drugged. He turned back to the enclosure and stared at the beast inside. Maybe they could herd the damn thing along with the shock prods, jam the crackling twin prongs into it every time it stopped. It was risky but he had plenty of meat shields to shove in front of it if the beast became hostile while he went for a better weapon and raised the alarm.<br/><br/>"Did it ever occur to you Neanderthals to simply ask me to come with you instead of charging in here like the bloody hooligans you are and brutalizing me?" Sky Lynx dropped back down to all four, dorsal plates lifting.<br/><br/>Walter glared at the beast, thumbing the power button on the prod on. How dare this...this thing speak to him like that! He had to put up with the science pukes insulting him, he wasn't about to let an animal do so as well. "Open the door."<br/><br/>“Are you sure that is wise? Going in face to face with that thing?” the tech asked, glancing up from his station.<br/><br/>"What are you deaf? I said open the damn door!" the lab tech flinched and typed in the code to unlock and open the reinforced door, the only barrier between the creature and the grunts slid away. Walter strode in. "All right your majesty. Let’s take a little walk shall we?" With a flick of his wrist he jammed the business end of the prod in to the back of the beast's head before the creature could react, reveling in the look of surprise on Sky Lynx's avian face. The wail of pain echoed off the walls of the small cell. He smirked as the animal dropped to the floor, unconscious, long limbs twitching. Walter grinned and thumbed the power button to the prod off.<br/><br/>"Grab a limb and let's drag this damn thing down to the testing center." Walter grabbed the thick tail while the other grunts hesitantly grabbed whatever they could, straining under Sky Lynx's impressive weight, half carrying, half dragging him down towards beta level. On the way there Walter intended to exploit a blind spot in the security that he discovered a while back to get a little revenge on the beast. It made no difference to him if the creature was out-cold. Its not like the science pukes would ever find out.