[To be frank, even considering what the world will be like in five hundred years is a terrifying prospect, but it's one that he will reluctantly confront, if not only because he's already been moved forward in time.]

I see. If you don't mind my saying, you certainly seem to be taking this in stride. Most of our kind that I've seen today have looked somewhat... panicked.

[They look the way he feels, in essence, not that he cares to admit as much.]