"Context?" prompts Jayce, still kneeling at the water's edge, watching Uggie dip his talons into the lake, then lick them in assessment.

A casual conversation might serve as a distraction from the lingering self-consciousness of sharing the water with a naked person of the opposite sex. That the person is Astrid probably makes the situation less awkward, but he hasn't quite realized it yet. Besides, he's genuinely curious. He's not yet heard of this Mountain-Father figure.