It's likely not possible for him to find it as beautiful as she does. But - her enthusiasm is infectious, and he can't deny that this world has its own charms. The edge of the vegetation, the desert rolling before them, the heat and the earth and the whole presence of it, people and places and things. He's openly fascinated, looking around with wide-eyed amazement before schooling his face again. God knows he and Taura going to stick out like sore thumbs regardless; he ought to at least pretend like he belongs.

"Jhansi. It's a lovely place," he says as he heads down the ramp. "Where do we go from here, my lady?"