"Yeah, seriously," he replied, gathering up his gym bag and pulling on his shirt. "I landed in this country...hmm, I think it was a little after World War II. I did the wandering thing for a while too, but New York was exploding by the time I got here, and I like it. So I stayed. I actually came because I heard there were others like us here, but when I got here, there was no one I actually knew. So I traveled for a while."