The ship opens. The mechanism isn't clear; but a shape of light dilates until it's a full circle in the nose of the ship.

An alien steps delicately out.

He isn't the sharp kind.

Or - not the same sharp kind. The end of his tail is definitely sharp. The rest of him looks harmless, gentle, deerlike - a blue centaur, with extra eyes on stalks, extra fingers on his hands. He has no mouth, and his nose is just three vertical slits.

He's got a burn all down his right side.