It does sound like her people have hardly evolved from throwing rocks at each other, to be honest. When you say it outloud like that.

"Interesting." He says as he rubs his rough hands together for a little bit of warmth. "I'll be honest that does sound a little backwards."

You know what's funny is that he didn't really plan for much entertaining after the blasting and looking over the ship - though he knows there's still a little bit left to show her. It suddenly dawns on him that his life is kind of empty when you get passed his work. A realization that makes him feel small for a moment, before he literally starts trying to shake it out of his head.