"I mean, it's not all terribly complicated. We have ships back home, for example. They just tend to stay on water."

Same but more. That concept will see you through a lot of weirdness, let her tell you about it sometime.

The lack of humor is noted as well. Stoic and serious it is, then. Maybe that's not such a bad thing. "Besides, they mostly just want us here fight, don't they? That part's not all that difficult to understand."

Baiting him for his opinion? No. Never.