[ She'd taken him by surprise, something that makes her smile in a friendly way if just to show she's no threat. Maybe to apologize silently, too. That's not too uncommon with non-combatants, at least non-shinobi combatants. Even if he hadn't been caught up in his work it's something she has to make a conscious effort to curb, moving around too quietly for the average person to detect. In this case she had, and it was probably just his concentration on the task at hand, but she's no stranger to the response. ]

Is it? I have to admit, I'm not too familiar with this type of technology, I'm mostly here for manpower for now, if you need help with moving the heavy things around. I'm a medic normally, though, so I'm good with precision work too if you can give me guidance.

[ That should serve to let him know how she can help, at least. ]

Do they have these types of machines where you're from, mister...?

[ Puppets and war machines are one thing, and sure they have things that run on coal and other fuel sources. She could even identify something like it with context clues and the like, but the actual in's and out's? Not a clue. If it wasn't a living (or deceased) thing or a chakra path her knowledge was limited, and since chakra was pretty much blocked off or-- null and void here, whatever --she was stuck up the creek with no paddle on that one too. ]