So you haven't been to Baltimore.

[ He cracks a grin. It's a joke, but it's also very literal. ]

I been around the Chesapeake some. Last place I was before, you know, the entire universe died and all that — [ said with a vague wave of his hand, these things just kinda happen. He isn't bothered — ] was New Hampshire. Had a friend who grew up in Montana, but I never made it that far out west.

[ A beat. ]

Arizona was like, a desert, right?