[ his widen at the first comment, and he nods, totally sincere. ]

Yeah, maybe.

[ and then takes a moment to consider how to answer the second, scratching behind his ear and looking off to the side somewhere. ]

Uh, well, I'm a... university lecturer at the moment. Not at this moment - but I was yesterday.

But in my free time, I travel through all of time and space in my time-and-spaceship, getting into scrapes. And sometimes japes.

[ he stretches one hand in an arc through the air, to indicate such, and flashes a grin at connor. ]