"Good. Open communication is key to making this work. So--" Ivan stands, and gestures David to the rather comfortable looking couch against the wall of his office. "Why don't we sit? And you can tell me about your time here on Beta Colony so far."

Start small and easy with learning more about him, too. Ivan's good at this as well -- chatting up men and women had been an easy part of life before this. Now it's just in a professional context where he gets paid to do it. He grabs a bottle of massage oil from a tray as he heads over, making sure that David is doing as he's told.