Hawks chuckles a little at the question. "Yeah, she thought I was whatever she was, though I think she figured out I wasn't from our conversations. She was fascinating, though. Wish she'd stuck around." He has no idea what happens to people who disappear. He chooses to believe they go home, since any alternative seems sad or awful. He's not in the mood for sad or awful here and now.

"Symbiotic, huh? Yeah, I guess that's probably a good way to look at it. We couldn't live on just any planet, after all. That's probably true where you're from, too, yeah? Not all planets could support all life." He's just musing out loud, but he's always been a talker.