Nehaalista thinks that Kang is very intelligent, well-spoken, with a dash of bawdy to him that makes her interactions fun and a bit less stressful than what she perceives with humans. As a fellow non-human, Nehaalista is very pleased he is on the council, even if he isn't one of her people.

She's content to continue giving him gifts until he is buried under the weight of trinkets. And then she will give him some more. He isn't quite "family" to her (Nehaa's concept of that post-crash is a little skewed, anyway) but he is slowly trickling into good friend.

She has no romantic interest in him.