Ether had visited many planets and this was somewhere in a list of experiences that he was at least familiar with.  The people and the environment was not his own and it all came across as a jumble of everything his race was not.  It was easy to keep his thoughts isolated to the only thing that mattered, the plan of the moment.<br/><br/><em>"Of course, Alexander, we will be able to share what we know of each other and I will gladly take it upon myself to introduce you to my people.  All in due time."</em><br/><br/>Watching the alien approach them, Ether came to a stop a foot behind and to the right of Alex.  He too was curious why they were being asked for credits, though he had a guess to what was going on inside.  It was most surely all very immoral and illegal.  Keeping silent, he waited for the conversation to unfold.