He decides not to ask what class involves biting because he's fairly sure he doesn't want to know, but blushes slightly at his mistake. "Sorry. I shouldn't make assumptions about anyone, especially not you. I know that the people here are different than the people back home, it's just force of habit."

But isn't space lonely? He had experience with being isolated but everything paled compared to the vastness of space. Can you at least still talk to her?

With his own family long dead and buried, it's hard not to focus on the familial aspect of the situation instead of the fantastic and power based parts of it.