[He's heard a little bit about that - airplanes, and the distant future that he can hardly imagine, even though he at least has trains where he comes from. He may be far behind, but he's not quite as behind as some.]

It sounds nice — both, I mean! Your time in the present and what happens in the future... Both of them sound like nice places to be.

[Safety and protection and freedom. It's the kind of world that he hopes his own can be one day, too.]

What was it called again? The Land of the Rising Sun? It has a good name, too.