Her first question just earned a chuckle, and a light squeeze to her hand. "Hey, not my story to tell. As for me, well..." He shrugged, looking around the city.
"I get motivated to try that whole 'living in civilization' thing again. There's an agency here, made up of comic book mutants and superheroes," He turned to give her a 'no, really' look, before continuing. "That I went to stay with when I first started out. We ended up helping them with... a small incident with some Andalites. And Jamie offered to let me stay on." He shrugged, really hoping that would be left where it was. "I help out mutants when they arrive, handle the occasional aliens, that kind of thing. Not bad for a guy that never got a high school diploma."