[ the comment has Bruno smirking just slightly, though it's good-natured. The water cuts, and he's instantly very cold, but he does his best to ignore it, standing up and turning to grab a towel. ]

I won't judge you for that. It's nice to have something to remind you of home. [ it seems he caught Balthier's drift, because he tosses the towel his way without any fanfare, though it's just about the last one in the pile. ] I'm in the same boat about information. Frankly, I was hoping you'd be able to tell me something.

[ he reaches behind himself again, and suddenly he has a towel in his hand, seemingly out of nowhere (if Balthier is sensitive to magic or the supernatural, he might hear the faint sound of a zipper closing), which he uses to roughly dry his hair. ]

My eavesdropping tells me we're on an alien planet, but that's hard to believe, even for me.