[There's the question of faith, again. Does Paul have it in the affection-rooted honesty of a woman he never knew, who ascended to an alien godhood he does not trust, relayed by a stranger? He knows what the world wants his answer to be. He knows the answer changes nothing.

Maybe he's too young to imagine the world going on in his absence, no matter what the evidence suggests.]

Moon Presence does seem to have our interests at heart like few of the others. [He can allow that.] I suppose it's not that important, under our current circumstances.

Like a few things - I've kept you a while, haven't I?

[Kept her a while, and probed her with a series of unimportant questions. It's not exactly polite.]