He looks a little relieved when Jacob doesn't give him a sour or confused look in response, his shoulders slumping downward. His answer is also overly diplomatic too. He's not sure what he was expecting Jacob to say. Maybe something like, 'Don't bring up asteroids in front of the blue chicks, it means something else in their culture and you might offend them'.

He sighs and nods, "Yeah. Yeah, it helps." trying to lighten the mood, he adds, "You know, I was surprised to see most of them were walking on two legs. Guess it really is a convenient way of locomotion after all." He himself is glad he was given a translator device quickly after his arrival. The raw sound of the pointy one's--Turian's true voices unsettled him on a fundamental level.