The merman faltered a bit at hearing of the scientist, having heard plenty of horror stories where such humans might try to tear other members of his species apart, but maybe he was lucky. There were human scientists who did stuff like study plants, right? He might not be in danger. Trying not to immediately jump to the worst case scenario, he attempted a slightly more nervous smile. "It's nice to met you as well, Shea. I'm probably about as lost as you are, I'm sure you can imagine. At least you still have some freedom though, right? You people with your legs might be on to something." 

"Um, I hope it's not somehow rude to ask, but what exactly do you do as a scientist...?" Runo looked at the others after asking, taking note of how they seemed fairly trusting of her so far. He didn't understand what either was talking about with robots or masters named Anubis, but oh well. They weren't afraid, at least.