I see your true colours shining through
He noticed the hook, and so he took it - Chuy had always been open, a scholar happy to share information rather than hoard it for himself (not that the topic of his origin was a scholarly matter). "Had you heard of the internet before..?" …before you were brought here? he silently finished. The internet had taken the world by storm; he'd grown up in that time where old was rapidly replaced by new, and newer, and newest - he wondered how much Nate might know, but knew the internet itself wasn't really known until the nineties. So, with a frown, he asked a follow-up question soon after; "Or mobile phones? I think yanks called them cell phones?"He welcomed the company, gesturing for them to walk side by side, that they might make their way to the city centre, to complete whatever business Nate had there. Chuy had flown to this spot, the trip far easier to navigate from the skies above, but he did not shy away from the prospect of a return trip on foot - perhaps along the way, he'd learn more about the other man, especially now that his sunburn was temporarily soothed, and his focus was better able to cling to the present moment.
"Was on a research expedition to Antarctica," Gods but it was nice to be able to talk of Earth so easily and openly. "Saw what I thought were the Aurora lights. Wandered into them… Ended up not far from this spot, actually," he looked out over the expanse of space below them, carefully navigating his way down the icy path the relatively small glacier offered. Every now and then he paused, and glanced at the other to ensure he was handling the trek well enough - he hardly need worry of course, most in this world were far better suited to surviving it than he. "Since then, as I'm sure you can appreciate, it feels like shit has hit the fan over and over again, with no mind of stopping anytime soon."
so don't be afraid, to let them show
CHULANE
