He grinned and took her hand, giving it a polite perfunctory kiss of greeting, and he said, "I have a bad tendency to get lost in the distant areas of E, and I have been known to traverse the electronic highways of the interworld. Sometimes this little place escapes my notice, but I always return eventually. Of course, it is also where I am most comfortable and pleased to meet new visitors." He selected a snack for himself after releasing DesertFlower's hand, and with a wave of his hand again, he lit a crackling blue fire in the fireplace.