Faunus? [He's never heard her refer to these people before, and she's piqued his curiosity. Of course, doing so isn't all that hard.] Ah, really? [Now see, that has gotten his attention.] I may have to take you up on that offer.

...how cold is it there?

[But he glowers at the feed after her commentary.]

I know very well who I am, Weiss. I left home specifically because it wasn't who anyone else wanted me to be. I've never lost track of that.

[Oh, he's with it. He's just never really had someone interested in who he is sticking around until, well, recently, and it's taking a lot of time to adjust to. If he lets himself care only to find out he was wrong...well, he's pretty sure he'll never recover. Just nevermind the part where you never really have a choice in any of that.]