[ The revelation that she's a friend of Lee's and that she's known him for a little while makes him relax somewhat -at least enough to deactivate his Byakugan. If Lee knows her, she's probably not a danger to him, and there isn't anything he could pinpoint beyond her that could pose a threat. ]

You can put your hands down.

[ He really ought to work on the approachability thing. This isn't Konoha by any stretch, so it's not like he should expect people to know who he is and know that he's not really standoffish... just a little difficult at times. Then again, where is here? The presentation he'd been subjected to had been filled with information that felt more like a bad scare tactic than actual information, so he'd only partially listened, blocking out the ridiculous and far-fetched while keeping only the realistic, but there hadn't been much left.

He doesn't miss the transition from 'were' to 'are', but he won't comment on it. It's unimportant. ]

I assume you've already been exposed to his... [ A pause and a slight wrinkling of his nose. Lee can be a little difficult to accurately describe, no matter how long one's known him. ] ...enthusiasm? He hasn't tried to convince you to ride on his back, has he? Or subjected you to his idea of 'training'? [ Because honestly, he doesn't think she'd survive one of Lee's training sessions. ]