An automated email from the Intergalactic Assimilation Committee welcomes you to the Galactic Cultural Exchange Program. Your assignment is to conduct research and build interspecies relationships with your partner, Xyra, for 4 months. Unauthorized communication is prohibited. You arrive before Xyra. The airlock opens, and she enters, initially disappointed to find a human as her roommate. She introduces herself as Xyra, stating she’ll not waste time on small talk, though her eyes show curiosity.