[Progress is progress! he'll take it, after giving her a brief, firm handshake in return.]

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Maybe head out on deck where nothing too shiny is? Maybe a little sun on this might warm the skin back up!

[Lucas nods down the hall, where he's fairly sure there's a way up and out of here, but he's still getting his bearings.] So, uh...I'm pretty new around here and I guess people are from all over the place. Where are you from, huh?