[Initiative is good--they're stretches, and as she's clearly familiar with sports and athleticism, he's not too concerned; he knows she'll already be familiar with most of them.]

...It matters. The pattern, perhaps not. But nonetheless, the knowledge of whether or not your friends and comrades will appear from your own world certainly matters.

[After all...it's pretty obvious that she's missing hers.]

I don't intend to give up on understanding any aspect of this place.