Oh, this was just too delightful for words! They were almost Silurian in nature, but not. Certainly reptilian, yet his form looked perfectly human. The parts she could see, anyway.
"Lovely." The word escaped like a sigh before she could stop it. The Doctor would be just giddy if he saw this man. So much of him had rubbed off on her. Or maybe it was the affect the TARDIS had on her DNA. Whatever the reason, she felt a rush of excitement. Finally, someone worth knowing about on this cursed island. Her excitement would be far too evident to the stranger, and she tried to reel it in.
"Forgive me. Your eyes are very distinctive. Which tells me you are not from around these parts origianally. Any more than I am. May I be so bold as to ask your species?"
The whole bit about the monkeys appeared to be irrelevant, and quickly dismissed.