He watches her, apprehensively at first, his hand moving to the edge of his own chair, but as it becomes clearly what she's doing his expression turns to fascination. It's a softer expression, purely curious, not predatory—although that may very well underscore how predatory his interest had been before now. When she hesitates about where to put the water, his smile is genuine, although brief.

"I appreciate that." For other people, there might be a self-depreciating edge to that statement, for his own clumsiness if nothing else, but Hal sails right on by that opportunity for humility. "Are you-- the word I was told is, 'xenian'?"