It's best to just get it out of the way. “For me, the year was 874. I’ve yet to meet anyone here from earlier, though I'm still holding out a bit of hope for a Roman.” After the stories she's heard of the ruins in England, she has so many things to ask them.

The discomfort does amuse her a little, though she isn't really laughing at him. “The opposite. You mirror me. I'm certain there are ways you could grab me that would get my husband’s attention, but to us this is neutral.”