Alabama's south of Virginia. [Like, way down south, but he figures that at least might be a familiar landmark for her.] I'm about two hundred years ahead of you. A lot of stuff's different.

[He's not even really sure what he should tell her, considering how he feels about hearing about the future, but... to him, stuff like the Revolution or industrialization isn't exactly a bad thing.]

The American colonies break off from England in a couple years. They got the territory for Alabama from Spain, I think. I grew up in a city called Mobile, it's on the water. My best friend's sister and I used to watch them launching new Liberty ships into the harbor before I joined the Marines.