She made the mistake of interrupting them, and had had to fight her way out of there. Not that it had been much of a fight; Obloongs were loud and wild, but they were basically cowards.

After all, there had only been two of them, and they didn't like to stand and deliver unless they had lots of backup.

"Did I hear you say, there are Reticulans living on Earth?" she had said, before thinking of the consequences. Their heads had snapped back toward her so quickly, she had thought their necks would break. They both jumped back from the bar, their four-foot tongues whipping out, intending to strike at her and immobilize her with the poisoned tips. She had hit them both so quickly, they hadn't had time to do much more than look at her with their rheumy eyes, and she had almost died laughing when they both started to cry at once.