Cassie stops her own workout temporarily. She can accept sharkmen. All kinds of weirdness, really. Although there aren't any intelligent aliens where she's from, humanity has colonized thousands of planets and met many strange creatures.

But he's moving that huge barrel chest around on those thin little legs. Is he mostly air, like a bullfrog, she wonders? Does he have light bones, like a bird?

Forgive her. Or don't. Anyway, there's a small woman in her mid twenties staring at you.