You are!? [There's actually a hint of excitement in there, but also... surprise? Hasn't she heard this same guy making idiotic jokes over the radios before? Rita definitely wouldn't have guessed he was the academic sort.]

Could be, but it's worth taking a look. You'd be surprised at the perspectives different worlds can bring, even to fields like math and physics.

[Or maybe he wouldn't be, if he's been exploring alien publications like she has.]