At the reminder of what she'd said, Nita can't help but make a wry face.

"If it talks, it doesn't use words. I've gotten impressions before, asking if it was safe for us or it to see the engine room, and it just sort of... shook its head?"

Or something to that effect, rather. Anthropomorphism was very scant in conversations, or 'conversations', like those.

"And when I tried later, with Xander, it kept retreating. Or disappearing."

Which had been really strange!