The tentative smile gets an unconscious tension, but it fades as he continues talking to her normally. No pity, no eggshells beyond just normal not-quite-strangers on a strange, strange ship.

She can deal with that.

And it's not as if she disagrees with him: too much energy, nothing productive to do to burn it off.

"Ocean?" Annie asks then, surprised. Then, cautiously pleased, "You...live next to it? This is the longest time I've ever, ever spent inland. Or. Well. You know what I mean. Not living on the coast. They got the holodeck for swimming, but. Not the same."

Even if she trusted it, it's not the same.