"I see!" Tektite sounded, and was, honestly fascinated. This was very interesting stuff to learn, she would have never thought of it. Nowhere else had she had the time to see and learn so much. For a moment it made her think of a pearl but that comparison seemed rude.

"You are very beautiful," she said without any hint that she meant anything by it but that he was interesting to look at. "Though, in truth, that you talk calmly to me while so beautiful yourself makes me feel more special than just that I am getting attention. Would it not be bad for how you look and this projected image to be seen speaking with me?"

It was an honest and very blunt question, no hurt or accusation to backing it.