"It's apparently happened before, even if there was no one who wasn't a local in the batch I ended up in. There's people from a lot of worlds and times, although I think you're the only one from your time period. As for the desert, it can be. Fortunately, I don't mind the heat. Or the sand that gets into the areas where people live." He certainly notices both, but neither will hurt him so they're easily enough ignored.

Gabriel just shakes his head with a smile at the thanks. "No problem. While I do have my misanthropic days, I do like giving people a hand from time to time, so long as it isn't for something that is frankly, stupid."