"Hmm, maybe..." Maren smiling small as he had kind of expected Aelith to get pissed with him for goofing off, the teen hadn't really had much of an interest back home for the hard headed females he lived near. Most of them were rude, crude, and had a bad attitude to match due to the tough live underground. It just wasn't something Maren was personally into, Aelith on the other hand seeming kind of 'sweet' so far despite how he had treated her earlier. Maybe he truly had made a good friend in this mysterious girl but only time would tell, the human getting to work on the opposite side of where Aelith was cleaning.
Unable to help being tongue tied as he had never been the best at making conversation, Maren was quiet for a few minutes as he tried to think of something to say to the girl a short distance away "so, uh...do you think any of the guys here got a sense of humour or something?". Te bruise he had gotten to the forehead earlier only now beginning to show despite him trying to cover it up with his hair, Maren had a bit of an 'idea' in his head on how to screw with their captors, even if it would likely mean getting himself into some trouble "so far they seem like a bunch of hardasses to me".