Awkward, Nehsi thought as he slipped his hand back in the pocket of his sweater. Even alone he struggled at such basic matters. He watched bodies in the distance and wondered what it was they were playing at. Whatever made them joyous, he did not wish to intrude. A new, unexpected presence could complicate things, he reasoned with an imagined inquisitive tone. Probably best to read a book anyway. 

He turned around and proceeded to the cabins.