"Well, seeing as my last job would have killed me if it weren't for ending up here..." John trailed off with a shrug and another sip. For all the near-death experiences he'd had throughout his life, he was certain that the only way he survived the rooftop was because of whatever rift in time and space that had sucked him through to this universe. After that, he was okay with taking it easy, at least for a while.
He listened to Selene's explanation, although without context, it still didn't explain much, other than he was correct in assuming she wasn't human. Looked it, for the most part, but that seemed to be a common presentation around here. He was certainly learning to recalibrate his assumptions when it came to reading people. Figuring out who was new and who wasn't was fairly easy; figuring out who was uniquely powered and who wasn't was going to take him a little more time.
"Beyond the Outer Rim," he mused. "What do they call that again, Wild Space?"