[ Oh well, now she's really speaking his language. They were my favorites. What could exist just out of reach, indeed. Oh, far more than perhaps she's even imagined. And they'll get there. He's not shy regaling others with tales of his travels, after all. Though, he's far more curious about her at the moment, along with their surroundings. ]

The universe is absolutely extraordinary. A thousand years and I've only skimmed the surface. There's so much to see, like — well, this. As you said, here we are. I only want to know more, as much as there is to know here.

[ New York City holds an abundance of memories for him, most of them unkind recently. One particular memory — no. Careful, Doctor, lock it away. Forget. That's what he's good at, right? And ever the cheerful one, carefully masking what was a flicker of a painful memory, not ever to be known unless one lingered too long on his eyes. ]

What better time to start than now, eh? There's a first day for everything. You're not selling yourself short, though, are you? You can toss hay with the best of them, I'm sure. Had you traveled much before this? Quite the introduction to being away from home, if not.