"I'm not much of a fighter," he says, nonchalant, and in the same proverbial breath, "so that means you're from...not-Earth."

Implying that she's from, what? Space? For all he's intent on gettin' back to where he needs to go, there's that prickle of curiosity regardless, the very same he got when Miriam told him she lived in space herself.

People lucky enough to not just see the stars, but live among them.

Do they have any idea how good they have it?