(He's based off a car. A Ghe-O Predator to be exact.

Was this from one of your stories? I like it!)
Gecko held the rope for Coal to cut. "Uhh..." he glanced around. The captain was nowhere to be seen. He reached over and took the rusty blade from Coal. "Welly-uh, she might-y not notice?" He slid the knife into its shealth. Coal might have been right, and if he was, they weren't far enough out to sea for Vhanya not to try feeding him to her pet alley cats. Seeing the dock next to the ship reminded Gecko that they weren't out at sea at all, for that matter.
"We could chew the ropes, maybe?" His confidence faded before he finished his sentence. "If only we had the captain's teeth..." he looked to the sky as if imagining how sharp Aqrabaumelu's teeth were. He put a finger to his lip and touched it with his tongue. "Yeah."