"Oh, I was just following the party," he says breezily. Or following his duty. Or both, at times - his duty, after all, tends to be reporting on parties and the sedition that might or might not happen there. Still, it's interesting how she focuses on that, isn't it? He turns his gaze on her speculatively a moment, trying to evaluate her expression. Yes, he supposes it would be impossibly exciting to someone who didn't even know of the possibility of interstellar travel until recently, wouldn't it?

So he comments, "It's not expensive, though. Travel like that. If you get out of here, you can pursue it yourself. Could be...fun."