"That's...good." He glances sideways at Ned, taking in his sudden fidgety weirdness. At the best of times, Dirk isn't particularly good with social cues. Any implication of a romantic relationship is going to have to be shoved in his face before he gets it, but it'd be hard to miss this new strangeness.

The most interesting part to Dirk is how is seems Daneel has singled Ned out for, if not preferential treatment, at least some sort of exclusion. It could just mean that they are good friends, but he wonders if that means that Ned isn't entirely human, either. "What makes you different than the rest of the humans here?"