It's easier to talk after the initial shock. He takes a step closer to where she'd been sitting and lowers himself to do the same, perched on the balls of his feet with his elbows perched on his knees, eyes out on the ship below, and the water further out.

"The balcony around our dorms was the same way for me, or up on the rooftops out on patrols in Musutafu proper. Like you said, always something going on."