[ looks at him - really looks, something about his expression now sufficiently ancient, believably alien.

(back in the day, people used to constantly tell him he had "old eyes" ("older than the rest of your face!") they don't really say it so much anymore, probably for obvious reasons. suits him just fine, though.) ]

No. But it's an easy mistake to make.

My people mastered space and time-travel eons upon eons ago. Nothing's out of bounds - and I'm compiling a list of interesting alternate dimensions, so if you've got one...