[He laughs at that, like she's told him a very nice joke. Oh, it sounds almost naive. "Someone will come and visit you." It's nice to think about, but...]

Ah, well, some people claim that such a thing has already happened. That someone's given us a "visit", so to speak. But it's never been proven, and more or less, we're still as isolated from the rest of the universe as ever.

[He turns back to her, the glow from his eyes gone - his eyes are normal now, dark in color.]

Still, people can dream, I suppose.