[Polite kid, rare for the places he frequented. He seemed a little unnerved looking Harlock in the eye.]

You too? Don't look so tense. Name's Harlock, I don't bite kid. This must be a popular place to dump people. Well the town is on the water, which rules out being anywhere near Gun Frontier. Don't know of any outpost done up like this. That looks like the moon up there but nowhere on earth looks like this any more.
[It was beginning to seem unlikely his friend was hiding out of site somewhere.]