[He actually brightens a little at her question, raising his right hand in a vague open-palm gesture. On occasion, he pauses, as if searching for the right word in Imperial before continuing.]

Well, Humans have been doing where I am from so for almost a thousand years, and even with that, there is still so much that is beyond our understanding that raises questions, worlds where it rains rubies, a world that are soft and lacking shape.

...As for commonplace, most people on Earth had turned their backs on the stars in the last several years - preferring their little world, but cargo, transport, and mail ships still move. But those who don't fit on Earth, the sea of stars is where we live.