"If you just walked up to me on a beach like this and started talking? No."

But in their world he'd know that, would know how suspicious this is. Only the dishonest, the desperate, or the naive would try and it would be fairly obvious which he was at the outset.

"If I could see who your people were? If I'd just seen you do something I need? Maybe. But I'm not sure how honest you're being with me, and I'm not desperate enough to risk it."