He genuinely wants to ask more about Tirva but the idea of people in space knowing about his hometown makes him laugh- genuinely, not bad joke laugh, at the absurdity of it.

"It's called Crabapple Cove. I mean it's beautiful- lots of birds, lots of trees. There was a little creek in my backyard I used to play in as a kid. Not a whole lot of people- mostly some lobster fishermen, some farmers- one of them did uh cranberries, actually. My dad's the town doctor, my mom ran the local poetry society, and my sister got out of there as soon as she could."

Another small laugh, "Christ, listen to me, I sound like the tourism board. It's nice, that's all, I miss it. I'm pretty far from home where I left off in my world."