Honestly, it was nice for Hunk to get validated by this total stranger. From their acknowledgement of this crazy holiday and the fact that Nyx thought that there was a difference between Hunk's frustration and the locals', he was almost smiling. Almost, because the guy poked a topic that was anything but happy.

"Back home, we went into another world and our friend was an evil space Empress who took away people's free will to make sure her rule was unopposed. We left as soon as we could." Hunk doesn't know how to follow that up, so he just laughs nervously for a moment, trying to collect his thoughts without launching them like a fire hose.

"That's got to be darker than what you had in mind, right?"