"Well," she said politely, raising an eyebrow at his attire, "we are all clearly not from the same place. Probably not even from the same world, but there must be something that ties us together. Some pattern to our, out of all the people in our worlds, coming here."

She pursed her lips thoughtfully and her eyes momentarily grew unfocused. "We probably won't learn much just through conversation, but its a place to start..."

She focused again and looked him in the eye with sudden intensity, "Do you have any thoughts about this?"