Even had Vitali known that she really was here on an information gathering mission, there wasn't any way that he could have know precisely the type of information that she had come to find. It didn't necessarily seem like she knew, but of course Vitali wasn't tipped off, which meant that he couldn't have made judgments anyway. One thing was actually for certain, however. Once he wasn't supposed to fly anymore, he was going to want to leave this place.<br/><br/>In spite of his return to Earth, Vitali was still being fed food that wasn't all that great. While it might not have been the freeze-dried packet food that he got in outer space, it was made to feed a massive of people cheaply. That was what had prompted his next reply.<br/><br/>"I honestly look forward to you offering me food; are you sure you don't mind me eating it?" He laughed quickly, assuming that she would have joined him in the levity. She looked like she was starting to get into a better mood than she had been in the past few moments anyway.<br/><br/>"I wouldn't do anything stupid down here either; did you think that I would?" While it was something of a mock question, there was some serious weight to it. Vitali wanted to make sure that he was making the right decision by electing to be with her. The fact that she had squeezed his hand suggested that it was the right call, though. Soon enough he squeezed her hand back, seeming to show her that he had known the answer to that question as well.<br/><br/>"Sure, let's pick the best place we possibly can, but what else would you like in it besides a kitchen?"<br/><br/>At this point he was thinking of what would happen after he was grounded. It would have nice to have been given his choice of a place, and they might have given him a wider variety. He was a national hero after all, even if he had promised her that he wouldn't keep repeating it.<br/><br/>While he might have not wanted to go around bragging about his status, Vitali wasn't at all above getting a decent home. As a human being he had requirements, but if he could he would have shared everything that he had as a benefit. There were many of his people who suffered in the frozen cold at night, and had nothing but a dirt floor to keep them warm.<br/><br/>To him, each of the people who lived in that sort of an existence was a true hero.