oh, cool, they may have some common ground in their backstories, then! eri is from a very high up noble family on auhiri that straight up ran away through the gateway after she got engaged to a cousin of the aev'ik king because she was super restless and wanted to see the world. humans fascinate her but she definitely has not assimilated; she's an empath but has no concept of human customs or social cues so she's pretty out of her depth so far. having a blast exploring terminus and wherever the ship her friend works on goes, though! i'm not really sure how the alien planets work as far as how much intermixing there is, but they may have known each other through being from high born backgrounds?