"Investigate?" That was not at all what he was expecting. It was what adults may have said, but this boy? Really?

The greeting had him getting over some of his hesitation though. "Oh. Are adults on your world small like you?" He asked, unsure how else Conan was doing this. Kids on his world were certainly not this smart and mature.

He looked around the room as if clues would just spring out at him. "What do we know already?"