The first time K’iiv did the Noise.
“I… have not acquired a snuggle-buddy.”
“Want one?”
K'iiv’s tail flared. “Are… you… volunteering?”
“Are you amenable?”
Now his tail war twitching in a manner dazzle and enrapture female members of his own species. What the human thought of it was beyond him. “Oh very. So much. Yes. I– I–” SKREE-AH!
“AAAAH!” Del ducked in a defensive posture. “Sorry. Sorry. Instinctive reaction.”
“That… happens to humans a lot. That… vocal display is a… release of tension.”
“Sir, you have a phenomenally loud way of stImming.”
“My name is K'iiv.”
“Del,” the human offered her hand.
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