[ As usual, his visible annoyance is met with Fio's polite smile. The cabin for the Giraffes is further beyond where he indicated his cabin supposedly is. This means there's some additional walking time, which also means there's some time for Fio to strike up a conversation before they actually get there.

It doesn't take long for her to understand that she needs to take the lead and she does, walking a few paces ahead. There is a bit of silence before she starts talking again to fill the silence: ]

So did the stars look like the ones back home? The moon looks a little like Earth's moon, I think? [ Maybe there's differences, but she's unable to observe too closely to figure that out. A beat, realizing not everyone may know what "Earth" is. ] ...Have you heard of Earth, Dusky?