[ He grins good-naturedly at her laughter, his numerous rings clinking softly against one another as he slips them into his pocket. Right now, it really feels like the lot of them can use all the humor they can get, and Court Jester Eddie Munson is here to provide. ]

Hey, twenty years isn’t bad. Back home, they’ve been anticipating a war for like—forty years. Hasn’t really happened yet, but, uh…I’m Eddie. Nice to meet you, Claire.

[ Yeah, he’s definitely a Cold War kid with no real understanding of the situation back home, but it’s cool. He grins dips into a half-bow, hindered only by the potato he continues to peel as he does. ]

I've been here...seven months? The kidnapping is definitely not a regular occurrence.