Deanna makes a note to talk more with him when / if she ever gets her empathic abilities back. That might make a conversation go better. For now, she doesn't want to pry. This is her first day and she's in no frame of mind to play counselor to someone she doesn't know.
"Well, you have very lovely eyes and I'm sure your mother's were as well. Mine are completely natural; they've been like this since the day I was born." For whatever it's worth to him, anyway. "It's been very nice talking to you, but I think I should be getting back to my walk." Her walk, her exploration, whatever he wants to call it. She still has a lot of ground to cover.