He smiled and nodded as she addressed him by his name and gave him her own name again. He repeated her name "Lyca". She was obviously a very curious and studious individual and would rather learn than rest. He decided to indulge her, partially because of his own curiosity of her but also to take her mind off of her pain. He watched and repeated what she said as she gestured to the various features of her face. He did so with some difficulty, he obviously did not have the same skill that she possessed for learning new languages but he did his best. He then motioned over his own eyes, nose, mouth and ears as he said allowed their names in his own language. Once she had repeated back to him the words he had previously stated he went about the room enthusiastically pointing to various common items and saying their names as they exchanged the nouns to each other like a couple of excited school children. He went quickly from one item to the next and when he ran out of items he excused himself temporarily to fetch a box full of things from his living quarters and after that another box from the supply room. By the time he had finished his laboratory was a mess of a random assortment of items and he slumped into the chair exhausted. He wasn't able to retain as much of the information as her but he had learned some words. Lyca on the other hand seemed to have perfect memory for these sorts of learnings and had already learned a great deal. He didn't know which, but it was either her or her species that possessed this innate bi-lingual ability. 

He wanted to know more but it had grown late and he needed to stay in his routine, he began to tidy the room. He finished tidying the room and returned with a tray of food, it didn't look appetising or fresh. It looked like a mixture of processed protein and vegetables. He apologised for the quality of the food but assured her that it was nutritious "Or so they tell me." He laughed. Once they had finished eating he tried to convey that he thought it would be best for her to stay where she was to let her hip heal. He tried to make her as comfortable before dimming the lighting. "If you need me..." He began to say but then realised it would be better to motion rather than say for this particular piece of information. He pointed to himself and said his own name "Christian" then pointed down the narrow hallway outside of the lab to the door at the end. He repeated this and said "If you need any help in the night I will be there." He said a little hopelessly. He really wanted to be able to communicate more fluently with Lyca. 

He then gave her a tired smile and then left to go to his quarters. He thought that he would have to document his time with Lyca, his race had dreamt and often depicted the first encounters with an intelligent alien life form. There had been rumours before but nothing concrete, his company, HEX had strict procedures concerning alien life forms but this usually applied to the alien parasites and bacteria which he studied. He pondered these thoughts as he walked back to his quarters. He entered his quarters and slumped down on the small bed falling asleep almost instantly.