"So what do you wanna do now?" Jim asked.

"Hmmmm." It was still early, “How about I take you to a club? You might not be old enough but I think I can persuade the bouncers to let you stay.” Aisha gave her tiny friend a toothy grin that spoke volumes.

“Yeah but what would we do there?” Jim didn’t like the idea very much.

After Gene had pretty much ‘adopted’ him he’d done a lot of bar hopping with the lecherous outlaw. Clubs and bars were Gene’s second home, he’d get to drunk to stand and hit on anything and everything that lacked a penis. This had once gotten them into some serious trouble in a bar on Sentei when Gene, completely wasted at the time, started humping a juke box. The barkeep had to break a cue stick over his head. After Jim’s many bar experiences he never saw the appeal.

“Well I could teach you how to dance.”

Jim snickered, “You never struck me as the dancing type Aisha.”

“Why not?” The catgirl asked curiously.

“I always thought to be good at dancing you have to be graceful and have a good sense of rhythm.”

Aisha’s eyes narrowed, “And you think I don’t?” She tried to look down at the boy behind her collar but found she couldn’t stick him with her piercing gaze.

Jim grinned and raised his hands helplessly, “Am I wrong?” He was able to reach up and rub the underside of her chin.

That brought a smile to Aisha’s lips, “Mmmmmm..... Well, Ctarl Ctarl have their own styles of dance. All of which put Terran dancing to shame. Ours is a lot more...... primal. It’s about finding your inner strength and letting it flow out of you to the sound of music. It’s about passion so strong your body can barely contain it and only through dance can it be released!”

It sounded impressive but Jim was pretty sure Aisha would look more like she was having a seizure than dancing. It might be funny to watch but he had to consider, at what cost? Jim knew that if they went a lot of innocent people could get hurt in Aisha’s fun. If her wild movements ended up taking out several city blocks Jim knew he’d never be able to forgive himself!

“Maybe later Aisha, lets do something a little less physical.”

Aisha’s ears drooped, “Oh........ Okay.”

“Hey, don’t be like that. You can always show me your ‘moves’ in the valley.” Jim snickered imagining just how badly the catgirl was going to humiliate herself.
Liking that idea Aisha nodded enthusiastically. Suddenly realizing Jim could only feel the motion and not see it she spoke up, “Sure thing Jimmy, I’ll even teach you how! You’ll be able to join in with me next time!”

“Uh... sounds great.”

Eventually the two decided to head to a drive in theater. The screen was actually large enough for Aisha and it was outdoors! The movie was ‘Attack of the Killer Spacecraft’. An 8 member Terran rescue squad from Earth comes to the aid of a strange disabled ship floating aimlessly several hundred thousand feet out of their planets gravitational pull. After recieving a distress signal they head up and enter the strange ship only to find it completely deserted. It turns out the ship was alive and it actually began to EAT the rescue crew one member at a time. When the ship got hungry it would simply cause one of the crew members to sink into the floor as their body slowly became a liquid like substance that was soaked into the metal. Though the movie was pretty cheesy and poorly made it was enough to make Jim feel a little sick to his stomach. It only made Aisha hungry.

“I’m so hungry I could eat a whole Terran myself.” Aisha mused, then snapping out of her amused trance, she remembered how big she was, “Oh yeah.”

Aisha diverted her attention from the movie to the nearby road. Eventually a bus passed by. Aisha went flying after it leaving a startled Jim, Who had been sitting on the grass next to her, to star in awww. She came back a moment or two later peeling off the top of the bus with a claw much like how you’d use a can opener to open up a can of soup.

“What’s a movie without some popcorn, hey do you guys have any of that movie theater butter on ya? I could use a vat of it right about now!” Aisha shouted at the nearby concession stand.

The three working there who hadn’t yet fleed quickly complied. Aisha poured several containers of warm, yet not scalding hot, butter onto the terrified civilians within the bus. Jim looked up to see the bus filled with men, women, and even children. Jim shook his head. He knew Aisha wouldn’t eat them. She was just feeling playful. Still she shouldn’t be doing this, she’d probably traumatize one of the young ones or give one of the older riders a heart attack. The worst fate any of them might receive however would be a gentle licking.

“Aisha they’re scared to death, was this really necessary?”

Aisha shot Jim a unapologetic grin, “Diplomatic imunnity! Oh don’t look at me like that Jim I just want to toy with them a little.”

Eventually she let the damaged bus drive off without licking anyone, though she had ruined a ton of clothing. It got Jim to thinking about the few Terrans she had eaten. They were bad individuals, every one of them, but they probably had families and lives away from their crimes. Jim thought of all the years in a life. All the events and relationships that went into maintaining one. And then how 20 or 30 years of memories and relationships could be snuffed in an instant if his giant Ctarl Ctarl friend decided you’d be part of her meal. Not even a whole meal, just part of a single solitary meal. One that occurs 3 times a day not including snacking. Gone in the instant, a long event filled life ending up being no more than a side dish forgotten a few minutes later. It was a strange thing to think about.

Eventually the movie ended, “So Aisha, feeling sleepy? I could pull an all nighter if you want, I don’t know why but I’m not tired at all!” Jim confessed, it was hard to be tired when you were around a live wire like Aisha.

Aisha smiled at him, she was glad that her favorite outlaw star crew member had decided to stay with her. She didn’t want to go back to that valley alone. It hurt that the others would ditch her even though she knew it would feel good not to have Gene’s eyes on her. Still, she had her Jimmy and she could play with him all night when they got to the valley. Though she wasn’t tired herself she was tempted to go back now just to have a little fun with her mouse sized friend.

“Well?” Jim asked, feigning annoyance.

Aisha grinned down at him. Jim smiled back, he was happy his friend had decided to let him stay with her. Little did he know how much she had wanted him with her before he’d even asked. He couldn’t deny he was thinking more and more about her as each day passed, not only was she his best friend she was one of his only friends. Gene, Melfina, and the others.... They were just people who worked with him, they could be described as extended family at best.

Aisha leaned forward to respond to Jim