[He laughs, too, glancing at her with a big smile. Yes, there's something about this one; god, most girls who flirt with him and get so friendly aren't even interested in him, exactly, just the kind of person he is. This Sofia, though, she acts like she knows him. She knows all the buttons to press, and he'd never turn up a chance to be hospitable to someone like her.]

They are other residents, of course, just like you and I. So very few are from our time, or even our century...

[He chances a glance over her clothes. She's wealthy, but her dress isn't entirely Venetian. There's some other flair there.]

Most are from the 21st century, if you could believe it!