Sway nodded as if it were a perfectly logical thing to say. Hey, she was a bit odd herself. She gave him the story that was rehearsed since she was a kid. "Yes it is. My parents jumped on the nanobyte trend, but luckily we weren't injured. Only my hair can change now." She was relieved she could do it, missing the bright colors that she used to make games of.
"See?" She shook out her hair and it shortened, darkened to purple. He didn't want to talk about what he was doing there, so she ignored it. "Um, could you help me? I'm rather new and I can't find my way to the engine room...and I'd rather not go by myself."