[Funnily enough, 'Gaia' rings a bell, but not overly so. He's heard it mentioned in some of earth's mythologies. However, that's as far as his familiarity reaches. It was interesting to see small threads still connecting one place to another, no matter how far out they seemed from each other.]

They were very in tune with their home world, then. A rare thing in this day and age. [At least to the extent being described to him.] How did you come to meet the last of their bloodline? If you don't find the question too invasive, of course.