The silence is welcome. It allows for the ambience of the island and white noise to prevail. Too much idle chitchat wears him out and annoys him, no matter whom it's with. When they reach the library he notes her avoidance with little more than a raised brow.

"...Is that coloring typical for your species?" The question comes straight out of nowhere, prompted only by the fact that on his first day here, something he ate had turned his skin blue for a while and someone else asked if that was normal for his species.