"Really." Otto arches his eyebrows at that hero comment - that's certainly not remotely like anything he's heard before. How did that happen? Why did it stop?

He's curious, terribly so. But at the same time, it feels like a dangerous road to venture down. Maybe not now, not with someone he's only just met.

"Well, yes, I suppose that's true. I've been looking around Excelsior, actually. Not easy to break into the nuclear power industry without any verifiable work history, I'll tell you." That's certainly true. The truer version is that Otto hasn't really tried. He's feeling gun-shy about that kind of work, for some mysterious reason! "But you've got the advantage on me. What's your name?"