Aside from everything — good to use that caveat with me or I'll really get going and you won't be able to stop me.

[ He says this with a slight, brief, playful smirk because he can never really turn that part off when he's discussing subjects he's most interested in especially. He is at least — finally — clued in that the other man might need a bit...less of his energy. ]

Oh, many! I don't mean to keep it broad, but when you've lived a long while, you get around a bit. Physics, biology, chemistry, anatomy, engineering, to start. I'm a traveler, through time and space, so I've seen a few things. On the outside, this place isn't wholly different from other worlds I've visited, but I'm in the unique position of being trapped here with everyone else. That doesn't happen to me, or it hasn't in all this time.

So you can imagine I'm glad to meet a brilliant mind, someone who's familiar with this world. I want to know all I can, of course. You have a lab, a home base?