[For her curiosity, she'll get an honest, owlish blink in her direction.]

Um. Sorry, I-

You've not heard... [There's something like a nervous giggle he stifles down quickly.

What the hell.

So it really is a whole other world. Universe. Whatever Annabelle had called it.]

Sorry, sorry. I- It's just. Almost everyone I've met for the last year knows the Archivist. You, you're saying you've never heard of me? [He asks, a small touch of almost childish joy in it.]