[It's admirable, that Daniel just moves past the compliments without basking in them over much or flattering himself. It's exactly how Onni handles compliments, and the familiarity of it makes him think he could come to like Daniel quite a lot.]

A few months...and some have been here longer than that. So we can expect to be here for a long time, then.

[A frown, at that, because while he hadn't had anything pressing going on back home, he'd finally had a chance to rest somewhere safe for a while, and to spend time with Lalli and his friends. To get to know them, these people who were important to his cousin.]

A car salesman? Ah, yes, I know what cars are, though I've only seen the wrecks of them overgrown with 90 years of underbrush. We don't have working cars where I'm from.

[At least he doesn't seem offended by the question.]

I was in the military, as a mage.