"Grandfather?"

His smile faded into a petulant pout as he slid off the the console to fuss around with it again in a few fluidly testy motions.

"I should hope not. He must be centuries my senior!"

Struck a vain nerve with that one, his friends often did, they were difficult to avoid but the ire died down just as quickly as it had flared up.

"Anyway he would have to come some time after my tenth self. I've met or at least heard about all the others."

A beat.

"Have you ever been to a nexus world before?"