"I wouldn't say polite. I'm more practical than anything. A total stranger wouldn't help me find a home, so why do that when I have a world of my own here?" His energy temporarily returned, and Ales added an exaggerated shrug.

"It took me years to get to where I was, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to you, considering." That Shadow confrontation. He'd rather not think about the consequences of that. "But it's honestly not that special to speak to hon-humans. It's just another fact of life where I'm from."

No comment on the aliens. They might live too far away from humans in Akane's world for regular contact, but surely the two groups speak to each other already.