It sideeyes the bone edge of their ear. In its home that might come across as a sign of alien remnant contamination. This place certainly has unusual fauna if not alien remnants. Perhaps this person is affected by such remnants. Obsessive ritual is something it's heard Thiago mention.

"You may have noticed," Murderbot replies, "we're not in your home." It considers the decor pointing violently toward its face. "Is this really all it takes?" The shell. The company. Everything else written off. Substitute certain implants for shells, and it sounds familiar in the most horrible way. It performs a low level scan of its head and that of its companion, to check for suspicious signals or suspicious whatever dramas never prepared it for.