[ Kurt listens to the other man's description of his world's technology, his head tilting slightly. ] Interesting. My world's recently suffered a series of wars that have set back some of our advances, but inter-dimensional travel is possible. Neither easy nor particularly safe, but when I came here it was from a world not my own.

[ One in which he was both dead and a former priest, the latter of which was frankly the more disturbing. ] Stagnation as well, and I'm certain you're well aware of what happens to things that refuse to adapt to new surroundings. We can't all be like sharks.