Well, that made him pause for a moment. "I'd take aliens over mobsters any day, personally." And yes, he was speaking from experience. "Sorry you've had to deal with serial killers, though." And he meant it, because seriously, no one should have to deal with that.

"Mmm, it's not too bad, usually. There's spiders in one of the buildings, like, big ones. I dunno if winter means there's more or less risk of running into shit, though. Sometimes there's, uh...more monsters than usual. I heard all of Temba was swarmed a few weeks ago, but I was in Sh'ka so I lucked out." Mostly, he was glad Blue had gone with him, because then she'd been safe.

"Nnnnnot sure if I hope your girlfriend shows up or not? Like, is alien abduction a good thing to wish on anyone?" He guessed there were pros and cons. "Mine showed up with me. We were ex's at the time." He paused for a moment. "I'm still surprised she didn't punch me in the face." Especially since he'd given her permission, told her I'll let you have a freebie. He knew he'd hurt her.