[He listens closely. As long as he’s not weighted with cares or listening to someone who’s talking useless nonsense, he has always been a good listener, sometimes even able to glean what people aren’t saying. Sometimes not.]

Do your — the other creatures you’ve spent more time with, do they help you underst—

Wait, they’ve only just come? [That makes him frown.] How long? What do your new friends say about it?