Aqua was as observant in mind as she was graceful in form.  She studied the Terran's face, his inflections, the tone and timbre of his voice in order to read between the lines of politeness that rolled off of his tongue.  It wasn't in her nature to be suspicious but she was on the planet for a purpose and that was where she was placing import at the moment.  Her chin dipped down in elegant acknowledgment of his offering of a first name basis between them all.  He seemed ... amused?  Sometimes Terrans were difficult to read especially when it came to humor and their "sarcasm".  It was not a concept she fully grasped, and she wasn't entirely sure she ever would, hard to tell when they were using it.  Alex was smart, for a Terran, it seemed, given that he knew what her name meant.  Aqua was amazed at how many Terrans she had come across who did not know one of the most influential ancient languages of their own planet.  She herself had learned a good portion of Latin easily, the sentence structure being distantly related to one of the spoken ancient languages of the T'Leias.<br/><br/>His technological talk was not something she entirely followed.  The T'Leian people relied entirely on organic means to survive, including travel and weaponry.  However, based on Ether's reaction it seemed the Terran was impressive in that area as well.  If his motives were honorable he could prove to be a valuable ally, for the time being.  Aqua smiled when he extended his aid in regards to her ship.  "Thank you for your generous offer," she replied in an almost musical purr, "unfortunately our technology is not something anyone outside of our own race can attune to, but I am confident in my crew's abilities."  She was careful not to give any information on her ship or the planet which she hailed from, knowing it could be quite dangerous to do so.