"I don't know, he just wasn't there. I suppose its been maybe one and a half days" Lixia replied.

"Are you two seeing each other?" Larek asked.

"He... we're not mates, that is, we haven't yet... well, I'm very fond of him, let's just say that. He feels the same way for me, even though we're not of the same species" Lixia replied.