Maybe not. But it seems you're from a place more advanced than I know. [ So he can only guess that he's from a time long before. In the end, he suppose it doesn't matter though.

He nods to the explanation. ] Over ten thousand years? Extraordinary. If other civilizations could get ahold of that kind of technology, it would be amazing. [ he seems more interested in that than in the fact that Shiro and his "team" were helping people.

But then his expression gets a bit dark. ] Riaznin. Well. It's a great country. With potential to be greater. What's possible? Right now, apparently, it's political revolt.