The fact that he asks with a note of suspicion only stands to demonstrate just how leery he is of this place. It still doesn't sit right with him that it's just a mall. It's gotta go sour somehow, right?

However it seems to be haunting her though— that's unexpected.

"Oh," he says like that burst whatever bubble of paranoia he was harbouring. "Sorry?" It sounds like a question. "What little I know about these islands so far, I ain't really sure if seeing familiar faces is a good thing or not but it don't like someone you were exactly... thrilled to run into."