[It's funny because both "Perro" AND "dog" don't mean anything to him. Well, no, that's a lie. He's seen Rusty, and Loop told him he was a dog...and Rusty seemed nice. Are dogs considered pathetic creatures?

Weird.

Till opens his mouth to say something, but just before he can, he hears the low shhfff of something moving in the underbrush...prompting him to lift his left foot and stomp it down on an approaching snake just seconds before it can strike at either of them. He hisses back at it, then kicks it away with the toe of his shoe.

Weeee]

Yeah, but you're like...I dunno. You're not a human, right? You've made it sound like you probably ain't.

Anything is better than being just human, even if you're slow.

[That's definitely what the aliens have beaten into him, anyway.]