After a brief pause (more out of surprise that this gesture was familiar than anything else), she put out a hand and shook. Her skin felt oddly cool, at least for a human.

"Yes, I was told a little about it. I never gave it much thought before, but this might be what Earth would have looked like, if history had turned out differently. ...Just a part of it, of course. I believe the people here were a bit more advanced, technologically speaking."

Birds were impossibly light; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to bear their weight upwards. Nasu wondered if Komali weighed less than she did. Of course, she'd never do anything so rude as to shove him and see, but...