User blog comment:Darknessabove/Strange World: Volume 1, Chapter 2: Recognition/@comment-135.26.27.11-20141209031102/@comment-25421410-20141212001022

Gonna inject some clarity into this now.

First off, the beggining of chapter 1 is in the future tense aka, it hanbs't happened yet, hence he was speaking perfectly to the natives.

After that beggining part, it then jumps back 3 weeks prior, the crashing, and well, this situation now, where hes deciding wether to run, kill, or save (then possibly kill), which at this point, hes unable to understand any of the locals.

Now, as the story continues, he'll start to learn more about the world and the dangers which will face him, so be patient.