"Peter," he repeats, his enunciation careful, concentrating on the sound like that will make it stick better in his mind. New names are just one of the things he's had to learn since he arrived on Earth.

He does know how to shake hands, though, and he does. Being confused is no reason to be any less than polite, and besides, it's only through talking to people here that he's going to find anything out about them.

Maybe even about this place.

"Like this?" he asks, waving a hand towards one of the walls. "No, never one like this. But a ship, sure." He narrows his eyes, studying the young man again for a moment. "Have you?"