"I think that it is human nature to want to reach beyond that which is possible, but I honestly do not think that it is just a trait ascribed to human nature." He lifts up a single finger in the consummate sign that Gale was about ready to say some deeply inspirational and/or annoying wizard bullshit. It was fine though if Kaori was in the later, but heartening if she was in the former.

"Many wish for something more out there, or a way to achieve the impossible, honestly being here would be rather a dream if it were not for the fact that there was something at home that was more pressing." he would have enjoyed that yes, to observe this world-- to figure out what made it tick in the most figurative sense.

"Also.. astro.. astronomy. Is an astronaut something that has to do with the stars?"

A wordy bugger too.