Glowing green eyes meet hers as she approaches, and Faris does his best to look nonthreatening, aware through his associations with humans that some people find his appearance unnerving at first. Her decision to sit nearby is encouraging, however, and he lifts his head attentively as she answers his question.

"It is an unfortunate thing to be driven from your home by war," he says, with sympathy and understanding. "Are you a soldier, then?"