Unusual is probably the understatement of the century. 'A billion years' is something he considers and throws out as exactly the opposite. Laid beside Hayley's words about keeping to what she understands, he wonders why she's here, and yet he could extend the same question to almost anyone, even to the Wraith himself, and perhaps never get a suitable answer. Even his own would take too long to explain.

For now, he'll keep the questions about the process for when they speak. It would be strange, not to mention rude, to talk about him in third person.

"Listening to archive footage doesn't really convey what it must have been like to live through it." A pause. "But you're still here, still fighting. How many times have you done this?" A question for either, but directed toward Kirk. He can see the gray in his hair clearly now, and yet Bruce is confident that he himself is older. The contrast is strange.