How did this happen, indeed.

The carrots probably.

I am now more convinced that human is a woman. We should label her as so.

Necrobane said:

I am now more convinced that human is a woman. We should label her as so.

When obliged to give the character a name the author literally went with "They", which seems like a whammy of a counterpoint.

XionGaTaosenai said:

When obliged to give the character a name the author literally went with "They", which seems like a whammy of a counterpoint.

The author is toying with us and knows it.

XionGaTaosenai said:

"They"

Neither "they" nor "them" actually exists in the Japanese, that's more of a translation artefact of adding context back into the sentence.

Gollgagh said:

Neither "they" nor "them" actually exists in the Japanese, that's more of a translation artefact of adding context back into the sentence.

It says "They" right in the image, which can only be referring to the human, as the crewmates aren't wearing the costume.