She thinks that Mark is a good person, and if not for the subject matters they tend to talk about, she'd find his bluntness pretty amusing? It's interesting to have someone be so frank when, even though she has LESS reason to be in Aather, she's already taking the track towards subtly finding out what is up with everyone else. And she DOES feel bad for having apparently replaced his best friend on the team, so she wants to go out of her way to be supportive to him since Kagari's gone.

They haven't delved too deeply yet, but she's going to keep talking to him and gently poking him as long as he lets her.

Reverse?