[Sadly, it's a thing that'll never go away. However, Angela catches his look and translates it for herself.]

I picked them to be my friends because they are good people. The fact that they are open to things we don't know yet back home is a bonus. That's what I meant. They would accept you and your culture, no questions asked. No hate given. Just that they'll want to know all about you.

[Well, at least Hodgins would. Can't say much about Brennan needing to science everything out first. Studying people and their culture is a anthropologist's job, after all.]