[ The querying look alone is answer enough that they're clearly not from the same world. It's almost kind of disappointing, but he was expecting as much so the confirmation doesn't surprise him.

The question he gets in return makes him pause as he has to consider it, taking that time to also scan the tunnel for any nearby threats. He ends up glancing back to Victor soon enough when he finds that he doesn't actually have much of an answer. Someone back home might have told him what year it was when he was rescued, but it clearly hasn't stuck. ]

I'm— not sure. I kinda lost track of time for a long while. [ Putting it very mildly and also saying it nonchalantly as if it's the most normal thing in the world. ] But it was spring, so I think it was probably around May.

[ However helpful that information is. ]

I've never heard of the Russian Federation. Moscovia is a town on a moving island, it's run by some Czar Alexei. I've always wanted to go. [ So it would have been nice if he could've asked questions, but alas. ]