Username; nindroidzane
Archive; xxPrompt;Zinc has notoriously never gotten along with other aktego, and it shows all over his pelt. Unusually territorial, he had a knack for picking fights with even otherwise docile and affectionate aktego, from the expansive space station where he'd been born to space shuttle to space shuttle to space shuttle.
Passing him around whenever astronauts happened to meet wasn't ideal, but there was always the hope that he would find a more suitable home, and maybe aktego he would get along with. Or better yet, a ship that didn't have any others on board; but that seemed to be rare nowadays.
The worst scraps left scars on both parties, but Zinc only continued to accumulate them as he challenged his shipmates and defended closets and cupboards. In one particular incident, he'd picked a fight with apparently the wrong aktego over a storage closet, and ended up dropping his tail (although he did win the closet, in the end). He didn't stick around that shuttle for long.
By the time he reached his current ship, the astronauts aboard were relatively sure they could handle him, given its larger size and the fact they only had one other aktego present. It shouldn't have been too hard to keep them separate, especially since most of Copper's daily activities involved lazing around and napping wherever she found herself.
Of course, they did let them meet eventually - and slowly. Zinc was aggressive at first, like he always was, but it was difficult to pick fights with someone who just laid around staring at you like a sunbathing lizard.
After enough meetings that went about the same way, Zinc seemed to calm down about her presence. He wasn't friendly, exactly, but he wasn't trying to rip her to shreds, either. He tolerated her, which was more than enough for the astronauts. To their relief, that was about the last of his fights and scars.