"Worth taking a look," he said. "You never know when you'll find something glowy and covered with buttons hiding under the drain in the men's toilet." Which was one of the first places he looked, any more. "We could get lucky. Maybe someone in the town's an alien." That would be nice, since it'd probably have some way to send a distress call, then.

"Most recently... well, recently, other than this, I was from 21st century Cardiff, in Wales." He gave her a sly grin. "I'm guessing you're a native of Earth from around the same time. You've got the right accent for it. Am I right?"