"Oh, yeah, that sounds like a smart idea." He felt kind of bad for this guy, he sounded really confused. He probably wanted to go look for the ship now, if he'd already been talking to people besides Metabee.

Metabee had been trying to figure out a tactful way of asking but eventually gave up.
"So...before you go off on your search...could I see you turn into a robot? That would be So cool!"