...a guard. Hearing the door open, the alien turned to face him and waving its arms said "Oh hello. You're awake, how did the transfer go? Are you adapting well?"
"What?" clicked Jon in the alien language "What's going on?"
"Calm, calm," replied the alien, reaching out with one multijointed limb reassuringly "You were selected for the exchange programme. To learn more about your world our scientists selected some of its inhabitants and swapped their brains with some of our crew."
"What?!" Hissed Jon recoiling in horror "How is that possible?"
The alien shrugged "I'm not familiar with the details of the procedure. What matters is that it worked, but we need to know how you're adapting. Our selected crewmen now live the lives of you and your fellows and you get to live theirs."
"Live theirs?" replied Jon, confused "Who did I swap with?"
