Ah, very appropriate considering what we're orbiting around right now. [Elizabeth says with a grin. Ahab, space whales, ha ha... librarian humor...]

Oh ouch, six months and I still look like this is my first time aboard a space ship? [She winces in good humor-- is it odd that she's so comfortable joking with a grizzled man? Not to her.]

Yes, this is definitely my first time. The year I came from was 1959. What about you?

[That could dictate what kind of reading he might find interesting/helpful.]