Ships "go-fer" and general labor -- far too undervalued in a high-tech society.

Probably does a lot of KP and glad to help. A few extra flourishes on her mate's servings, maybe?

I wonder how that works, a non-human married to a human, particularly with private time things?

Hmmmm...are we talking NAW programming as a slave or possibly someone who's family was taken by one of those questionable colonies that likes to press people into service?

The fact you mention she learns quickly hints at her story might be just a little less complicated then Leanna, but more complicated then one of the common homeground slaves of NAW.

Not sure how much to say and how much to leave for you to find out in the story. She was bred in the LNAW, but each world has its own views on how to treat the slave species, so what is true of one is not necessarily true of another.

Interesting.

Leanna did say some of the worlds handled their slaves differently from her home planet.

If you take that into account, they might have an entirely different way of looking at slaves and handling them.

I remember one interesting way how two web comic writers approached this with A.I.'s and genetically engineered beings. Basically they are made as indebted beings to who they were made by or made for. But they are made with a contract and after said contract expires, their free beings.

It stands to reason that some worlds might have completely different ways to avoid what happened back on earth if they really thought about it.

so she is a j.o.a.t.(jill of all trades?)?
if she is then that is something very much needed as people who 'specialize' most of the time put on blinders and follow the old adage. when all you have is a hammer all problems look like nails.

It's only a small crew, so one human amongst the lot isn't too odd. In my other stories, humans like Boyce are in a strong position. Menalippe's human mate has something to prove to the others, and in a furry story, a human character has to be significant to the plot. It ain't easy!