His head is beginning to hurt--or spin, Kurt's not quite certain which. His tail winds around his own ankle before he forces it to fall slack.

"I have noticed that I draw little attention here." Which is why the concept of being in space isn't one he automatically rejects out of hand; it isn't his preferred genre, but he's read enough science fiction to wager that in a different world his appearance would be quite unremarkable. "Forgive me if I assume wrongly, but you speak like a scientist--or an engineer, perhaps?"