when I look at the stars I feel like myself

Sulu let himself in as Scotty paused to figure out if he knew who Audrey might be, before casually mentioning, "It's my man-eating tentacle monster. I keep it sort of on the down-low though." He'd told Jim, McCoy and Chekov about it once, but that was a long time ago now. "I haven't fed it actual meat so it's pretty docile, but it gets sort of grabby if I don't feed it on time. I get literally wrapped up."

Turning, he grinned, trying not to let much of that sink in before continuing, "So, how are things?"