Ed stares for a hot little minute as he himself tries to process what was just said to him. He doesn't know what a light year is, but over a million is definitely a lot of something. "Eheh, f-fair enough..."

He begins to relax after his initial start. "Everyone here's been so nice to me, saying they've been expecting me, not to worry..."

He frowns. "They're not doing this out of fear, right? Like they aren't bracing for something terrible to happen in the near future, like, say, turning into a man-eating monster about a month from now...?" If he's got the date right, it should be about arrival time by now, he thinks...