Sam gave her a slight smile; his hand absently lifted to rub a little at his jaw before he looked back at their surroundings. He didn't glance at the stars - there were so many of them. He'd need time to process. There was a strange lack in needing to shift, so maybe it wasn't all bad.
"Sam Merlotte. You can call me Englebert?" He gave her a sheepish smile at the bad joke and shrugged. "Sorry, yeah, new. From what I understand, really new. This is not the norm?" He motioned to the ship and the aliens and everything else.
He didn't mention where he'd been before. That he'd actually been on the island. It seemed safer to just go with the completely new idea.