"Nice to meet you, Haruno-san." His accent when he says her name marks him as obviously a westerner, and the san just slips in there. He pauses, then laughs a little self consciously. "Sorry, habit! And you're right, it's a lot warmer here than what I'd be expecting back in Japan."

He responds to her statement like he didn't find it, or her behavior, strange at all. He's more preoccupied by skimming over the paper with the proposed questions. "These look really boring... Do you think they can really determine drift compatibility with these?" Well, he didn't want to doubt the people behind the glass. Science sure was mysterious.