It's easy enough to just brush off the weirdness and focus on the question. Since everything else seemed to confuse or worry the little guy. Spirit. Thing. He's still not sure what the heck Phos is. Not that it'll make him rude or aynthing.

"I have not. You are the first person I've seen in this place. I just felt like this was the direction to go, so I went. How many are there?"