[It certainly answers the question. So, it matters, but in a different way. And they can move on.]

He spent about two months camping on the outskirts of a city on another world. His tastes have swung towards old man in a cabin off the grid back on the Hub. The dude likes his backwaters.

[There were of course other elements at play, but that isn't really his place. Plus, he hasn't fully assessed how Rose walks the line between sincere and ironic.]