As he studied the other figure, Uja felt his eye twitch involuntarily. It was a subtle little tic he was aware of by now--generally, the more things spiraled out of control, the more he found himself twitching and squinting, for whatever unfathomable reason beset his body. Mouth drawn in a grim line, he did his best to smooth out the beginnings of a very frustrating day.
Eli was strange, the type he knew would be a real character. The modifications were nothing to sneeze at; accustomed as he was to synthetics, his own kind, with bizarre self-alterations, things like blank eyes and exposed, beastly teeth weren't enough to turn Uja. What waited behind those teeth seemed at the very least peaceful. That was a good start.
"Well," he sighed, dreading the next impending twitch, "I suppose we ought to get to work. How much do you know about .... primitive architecture?"
From the way Eli's eyes lit up, it seemed Uja was in for more than a simple shelter for the night.