It isn't the first time he's inspired this kind of response; he's still unsettled by it, nevermind that he's become used to it. He'd known he was making history, he'd just never expected he'd have to sign quite so many autographs.

"At ease. To tell the truth I didn't mind not being recognized for once. This is the first conversation that I've had that hasn't started with a teeth-rattling handshake." He smiles again. "It was nice."

"You grew up on Earth?" A very uncertain sounding observation, very gently trying to lift the focus away from himself.