[Thankfully he can tell Kor isn't exactly laughing at him before he gets more annoyed. Kor relating to him helps too.]

... Huh. I didn't know that. I was the only kid in Fern who hadn't left and been outside to other places for the longest time. [He conveniently misses out the part where other kids made fun of him for it-] But I guess your Gramps had his reasons, like my dad did.