Hiko heard her thank him but totally missed the stuttering part of it. He actually wasn't paying that much mind. Looking at her as he had, however, felt her gaze following him as he studied the rooms. "Thank you. It is much appreciated." He was glad it had a bed. He always wanted to try out a bed. Being in space you didn't have beds flying around for you to rest on. Awesome and weird as hell as that would be...it didn't happen. He nodded his head. "Thank you. I will see what I can do to make it more homelike." He said. A smile on his face. He had come to standing closer to her again. Her moving from the wall noticably made them be physically closer. Not that he was complaining. He just wasn't commenting on it either. He listened to her speak. "I'd like to follow you to watch or help. It sounds exciting."<br/><br/>He waited for her to lead and then he began to follow. He had noted that she slid by him as quickly as possible to do so but again...didn't comment. They were making such good headway he didn't feel like burning the bridges any time soon. He looked at the fireplace. Taking a seat on the ground next to her. Looking at the straw and twigs and the stack of logs. He took some of the twigs. and bunched them together in his hand. Taking the straw and focused on wrapping it tightly around the twigs. Soon tying it off and laid it in the fireplace as she had instructed. Taking the logs and after a couple attempts managed to get them to stand together in a peak. Having laughed during each of the failed attempts.<br/><br/>His gaze moved from his success to her as she took his hand and pressed the lighter in it. His gaze roaming slowly from her hand to his hand to the lighter. Studying it as he then looked back to her as she spoke. "I see." He said with a smile. Rather liking how close she was. Again...no commenting. That time he could definitely see a smack headed his way even if it wouldn't have been a bad comment. She smelled really good but he was unsure what the scent she had was. It was just a good scent. He rolled his thumb down the top of the lighter. Holding his thumb at the bottom. Moving the flame forwards and lit the twigs on fire. Unholding the button so that the flame died away. "Marvelous invention." He said in amazement.<br/><br/>He heard his name, the first he could recall her say it, and his copper hues expanded then returned to human style once more. He paid her attention. Tilting his head to the side slightly in curiousity. Leaning back a bit and listened. Still facing the fireplace with his body. Hands resting behind him. Looking at her in curiousity. "It has been recorded it is human nature to push away what is not understood. I never took offense to it then and I still continue to take no offense to it." He said with a smile. He shrugged. "My judgment of you has been the same since we first meant. Minus the fact you are not as odd as you seemed." He said with a chuckle of amusement. "I personally never interacted with Earthlings before." He looked at her as she continued. "I see. My attraction to you never faded but to respect your wishes I had to "turn off" what I was feeling. To ignore what was going on so that I did not cause more tension between us."<br/><br/>He smiled a bit. Then was curious. "Did you know...I had these eyes in a different sense when I was in that other shell? It looked more like dust patches but they were there." He looked at her. "My eyes are this color but because I am not human my eyes do not really know how to have the whites and pupils. I am having to adapt myself to the shell I currently have. Nevertheless it is something I was proud of back home. My eye color comes from both my mother and the fact our planets dusts are different." He looked ahead. "I am very glad you like my eyes though. Even if I do find this new style of eyes strange. I like yours eyes as well. Yours are like looking into the depths of space. They even sparkle sometimes like they have a tiny star hidden within the pupils."<br/><br/>He smiled a bit. "All of you is appealing to me. Perhaps we can start as friends. Who knows where things will go from there." He listened to her as she continued. Looking at her. "Yes. I have noticed that most Earthling males seem rather serious." He said in an amused tone. He blinked as she spoke. "I will do what I can to teach you. Some stuff I am not going to be allowed to share merely because we are of different worlds. I will share everything I can with you. I would like to learn more about the culture you know best. I have seen many cultures from the stars but I really don't understand somethings...like the military. I know Earthlings use the military to protect themselves but none of us really know if there is another more urgent reason behind having them."<br/><br/>He smiled a bit. "So to answer your question. Yes. It is okay. I will enjoy teaching you and will do so as best I can to make sure you understand. Maybe even teach you a few words of my language. I already told you one...the name we have for Earth." Standing up and stretched. Which since the shirt he wore had come untucked sometime ago, it pulled up revealing his muscles again. "It is strange how these limbs seemed to gain tension from sitting for certain periods of time. Though I bet the tension is from the long drive to get here. It was an exciting drive. My first ride in a car was very exciting. They are marvellous inventions for getting around in. Perhaps one day they will hover and fly as ours do." He said.<br/><br/>"Wouldn't that be exciting? To see how Earth makes the cars work? What type of styles and designs Earthlings can come up with. There is quite a few more things we must help your people do before they can do such a thing but the potential your kind has for accelerating in advancement is one of the most fascinating in the whole universe." He listened as she talked. Was a television, an object that put out energy when it was on, really a wise idea when he absorbed energy? He wanted to do it anyways. "If you show me where it is I can carry it there myself." He said with a smile. "What is something you are really wanting to know about me, my people, or my interests?" He asked. Feeling willing to talk a little bit.<br/><br/>He looked off. "And Lore...thanks for asking. No matter what happens...I'll understand if at the end of this week you need to pretend I escaped and drag me back in handcuffs. I just want you to know...this week of learning between the two of us is the best thing to happen to me...in a long time. Despite the bumps in the road to get there."