"Mobile bases are the coolest," I agree, briefly wondering if future back home me actually gets to ride around in the helicarrier. Only briefly, though, because it's pointless speculation, and there's stuff back here I'm happy to have my attention on.

"There must have been good money in being the guy who made train safes. That, or people were always getting mad at him for not bomb-proofft-"

The downside of draping your hair over your upper lip is sometimes it gets in your mouth while you're happily chatting. I figure, with a slight cough, that that's enough hairstache for now and flick it back. "...proofing," I finish.