[The Andalite - why does he remember that Yeerks exist but not his own names? - does get some looks that he notices through his stalk eyes. He doesn't acknowledge them. Aliens are always strange to each other. Probably he's more familiar with humans than they are with Andalites.]

<And you are preparing to show off, possibly in response to watching me morph. Very well. I am duly chastened. You should know, it doesn't look or feel any better on my end.>

[He smiles, a subtle movement of those eyes and ears.

Inorganic... that can mean just composed of silica or... something? instead of carbon, or it can mean 'machine'. Maybe it can mean more than that. He doesn't poke at the huge gaps in his knowledge like they're a missing tooth because that metaphor would never occur to him.]