I'll tell you more about Boston, if you tell me more about New Orleans. Admittedly, I didn't get to stay as long as I would've liked, but the history of the city is something I would've loved to dive into. I've always been drawn to old things. I think that's why I wound up in Boston. The U.S. is so incredibly young, though.

[ She says this as both the former wife of a historian and niece of an archaeologist, but also as someone who'd planned to settle down in the UK and an accidental time traveler.

When he mentions a daughter, Claire perks, and his list of interests might as well be from her own. ]

How many children do you have? And if it isn't rude to ask, what time are you from?

[ For all he knows he could just as easily be from the future as the past. ]