[He nods a little, considering that. It's come up in his thoughts now and again here over time, but the world he came from feels distant sometimes already, with how immersive and bizarre this whole experience is. It's so strange that it's overwhelming to question sometimes.]

Yeah. Where I come from, everything about all this would be heavily locked down behind endless societal rules and red tape. You can't let just anyone touch secrets like this. They've gotta come from the right family, or get lucky, usually both.