[ He couldn't help the playful retort. The door was practically opened for him to take that sort of answer to the question. With that out of his system, he was starting to get the picture, but he could scarcely believe the words he was contemplating saying. It was impossible, but more impossible things had already occurred.
He was there to speak to him in the first place. If that was possible, then anything else was on the table. ]
You must be from earth, then? I can't think of another instance where something like that would be a surprise.
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[ He couldn't help the playful retort. The door was practically opened for him to take that sort of answer to the question. With that out of his system, he was starting to get the picture, but he could scarcely believe the words he was contemplating saying. It was impossible, but more impossible things had already occurred.
He was there to speak to him in the first place. If that was possible, then anything else was on the table. ]
You must be from earth, then? I can't think of another instance where something like that would be a surprise.