Serix flipped through the book she handed to him, looking at all of the pictures. He noticed some empty spots in the pages, where the human must have removed photographs she didn’t want him to see. He glanced up at her searchingly, wondering what she was trying to hide. Then again, he was keeping secrets as well. She had a right to her own privacy. He let it go and continued examining the contents of the book.

The pictures of the city caught his attention the most. The ‘buildings’ gleamed in the sunlight. Some of the tallest ones looked like their walls were made of glass, even though he knew that couldn’t be possible. Glass wouldn’t be able to support such a heavy structure… would it? Perhaps human ingenuity was more limitless than he first imagined. From what he knew, the Lunairans never created structures like these. The height the humans achieved with their constructions was astounding. It was almost as if they were trying to touch the sky.

Serix’s gaze fell upon the picture of the human with her father. She was only a child, which just went to show how similar her people looked in comparison to his, even in adolescence. Apart from the exotic hair and eyes, he might have thought he was looking at a snapshot of a young Lunairan child. It was a bit surreal.

[b]“My name's Castiel,”[/b] the human said in response to his earlier question. [b]“But people used to just call me Cassie. Whatever you prefer to call me though is fine with me. I'll go by either one.”[/b] She had two names? How unusual. Lunairans never had more than one name. Well, if one were to include ancestral names, then they could have many – Serix had three, himself – but they were only referred to by their immediate names. The ancestral names were only used to trace lineage. The majority of them were unimportant, unless one had blood from a prestigious family, and even then it was only a bragging point because ancestry didn’t affect rank or status in modern Lunairan society.

“You said most of your people referred to you by the latter name,” Serix said. “So I’ll it as well… [i]Cassie[/i].” The foreign name felt strange on his tongue.

[b]“And what's your name?”[/b] the human asked, looking up at him.

“Serix,” he replied, blinking at her. “I don’t have a secondary name. At least, none that you would refer to me by.”