Whatever Duty is, apparently he's not very chatty. Naoki glances around as they walk. This place feels unsafe in the same way much of the Vortex World did. Some primal instinct for danger that he still doesn't quite understand.

"Yeah. Is it always so..." Well, he can't exactly call it weird. It's probably normal for these people and he doesn't want to come across as rude. Instead he just gestures at their surroundings.