She'd just hung up with the control tower when she hears the strange sound.  Immediately straightening, she turns towards it.  Her mind works, trying to place what such a sound could have come from.  There is mostly just rats and people in space, much like with the original ship exploration.  Some pilots liked to bring pets along with them as well, but Cassi had always found them as more of a nuisance.  So that possibility is removed, and rats don't make sounds like that, do they?  Setting Ike on auto-landing, she heads away from the computer station to investigate.<br/><br/>As she comes into the creature's view can see it's chosen well. She has long, thin legs, shapely body, wide hips that will help her bear its children.  As she glances around the hall, trying to find the sound, she tucks her short red hair back behind an ear.  Her eyes follow the walls, the corners, trying to find the source of the noise. Then she rounds a piece of machinery and sees it.  Her jaw drops and she makes a small squeak of fear, then turns to run.