Seeing this, Daneel had been surprised initially, but when he remembered that the reptilians on Angaria were actually the descendants of the Basilisk, too, he felt that it was natural.
He did not know exactly how they had come to be, but their relation with that ancient being was unforgettable. After all, their sect was where he had gotten the technique which had resulted in the Basilisk coming to Angaria in the first place.
His familiarity with the races of beings that he had met so far ended here. Of the other two, he focused on the one who had gotten into the argument with the sky first.
He was humanoid, but it looked like he was made up, completely… Of rock.
Daneel had even tried scanning him with the system, and the conclusion was clear: he really was made up of rock, but it wasn't any kind of rock that could be found on Angaria.