That's-- incredible. [He's really surprised. Anyone he's talked to so far as been pretty surprised about the monster thing when he brings it up, so he was starting to get the idea that most other people's worlds weren't like his. And he had started to feel a little bitter about it. He hoped they knew how lucky they had it.]

I've never heard of it, but, wow. So you're with the military, then? That would make sense... [Being from 1958, so women being prevalent in the military isn't really a thing yet, but he thinks it's totally cool.]

I, uh, I'm not much of a fighter, so I've been trying to help on the research side. My whole family is involved in it in one way or another, really. But I'm currently in-- er, was in college for biology, planning to take up xenobiology.