[SORRY FUUKA but he softens a little. Okay. Not too much joking yet, he'll work his way into that--]

Thanks, I'd appreciate it. [With a small, thoughtful pause.] There was a network in my world... not much like this one or even like the normal kind of network with phones or computers... but some people were able to use it to find out a lot of information.

[He phrases it casually, but it's something of concern.]