There was no vagueness in their utter stillness.

Rather had they the look of a man who waits.
Curiosity began to stir within him.

He wondered if by judicious probing he could penetrate the wall of aloofness with which his companion seemed to be surrounded.

It would be interesting to know if the fellow really possessed any individuality.
Airily he broke the silence.

"Are you going to take me straight into the temple of the sun?
I thought I was out to see the fishing." The remote blue eyes came back as it were out of the far distance and found him.