[He nods, though Firo can't see it. What weirds him out is the slim chance that he'll live to see that time--he'll be around ninety if he does, and will get to see all that fancy technology develop. And besides that, the fact that the end of his life might overlap with the lives of those modern people--the fact that they might conceivably be able to encounter each other back home, or hear of each other through the media--that's freaky.]

That must be nice. Sometimes I wish my brother or my best friend could be here, provided the Malnosso wouldn't treat them too harshly. I'd love to have the opportunity to show them everything.