[ connor doesn't mind the shoulder-check, mostly expects it from humans at this point, so it's more of a surprise to find the stranger stopping to apparently apologize. that's what brings his head up, the look in his eyes faintly that of a deer in the headlights for a single, startled instant.

he straightens, though, at the question, head tilting faintly. ]

Hello. [ return greeting given, he moves on to the important bit. ] No, I'm a guest here. I was simply testing a sample of thirium that they have here.

[ he rubs his fingers together to clean away the last traces of the blue liquid, then lets his hands drop to his sides, open and easy. ] It doesn't appear that this population yet has the means to create sufficiently-advanced artificial intelligence or androids.