Blackfoot Forest the woods are lonely, dark, and deep

Your questions, It was less that and more of his pressing in his asking her, particularly the first few. Tonravik herself typically would snap at his probing and stalk off, but he had caught her during a strange time. Tonravik was unable to articulate just what it was about his questions that made her think this, so there were many conclusions Mordecai could come to about her. The truth of it was no one asked Tonravik much of anything, because she could only tolerate those that she wanted to tolerate. Truth be told, that was no one but Tartok. But he reminded her, somehow, of home. It was more of his stature than his wordiness (more wordy than others were toward her thus far), but she could not say she disliked it.

So then she waited for his response, his yes, you're right or else a disappointing no. The fact that he did not outright deny her led her to believe that yes, she was correct.