[The question gives him pause, ever so slight. But really, he's only deciding how best to word it.]

Yes and no. For my own part, the technology of this world has far surpassed even the minds of some of the greatest scholars I had the pleasure of knowing, once long ago. But the nature of the people here, both those who live here naturally and those who do not, has been surprisingly familiar, or perhaps not.

[A soft smile.] It has been my experience that people, in general, want for better than they have, and to provide for others just the same. There are good souls here in this world.