There are plenty of people here who have never heard of such a thing.

[Not because it didn't exist necessarily so much as their timeline was still primitive. Sometimes, all you've got are wagons.]

You can't always be sure. We may have more in common than you think.

[He doesn't point it out, but he understands the personal and professional distance. It's funny he is on the other end of it this time. Karma.]

I'm sorry for being untoward earlier. [He lowers the brim of his hat politely by nodding.] I didn't mean to take up your time.