That seems...benevolent.

[He crosses his legs on the bed, Indian style, and bits his bottom lip thinking.]

I'm supposed to teach tomorrow. But...if you said you've been here a while, and I only missed you for a couple hours, after I left, does that mean that this place doesn't take up any time from where you're from?

Does that make sense?

[Descole raises an eyebrow;] We don't know anything. You're basically like asking a brick wall right now. I wish we could help, but we know next to nothing.