That was something he'd heard before. The stretches of time he'd heard people have had so far were worrying. He knew he was needed back home, and here, he not only couldn't help, but he also couldn't find out what was going on.

It was nothing he was going to bring up with a complete stranger, of course. It was actually something he just kept pressing to the back of his head in general.

"Thank you. My name is Alistair," he replied, taking her hand and shaking it. "And this is Duncan. If you don't mind me asking, what was that language you were just speaking?"