Gog...gl...es...? It's not a strip of fabric...?

_{[ did he learn that word wrong. That doesn't look like any damn goggles he's ever seen. ]}

I-I see. Well, that's too bad, but at least he might understand a little more of what you're talking about. I'm... ah... not so well traveled.

_{[ also humans ABSOLUTELY aren't extinct where he's from, but he's not gonna dig his heels in on this one. ]}