[Padparadscha doesn't interrupt that brief silence, merely continuing to draw. Sometimes a truth needs distance to be passed on.

When he speaks up again, though, they pause their pencil, perhaps musing on their work at the same time.]

I don't believe I have. I think I may have lost a few of the more faithful here with how much time I've had to spend with the scientists. [They give a light laugh at that, though not one that belittles the fact.] But it sounds like the kind of place I'd like to experience. And company never goes astray in experiencing new things.