Personally? he almost repeats, dumbfounded, like his brain's so empty all he can do is echo back the last thing he heard. On the one hand, a seemingly impossible act rooted in a firmly scientific basis is much easier to deal with than everyone talking about magic and curses and who the frak knows what else. On the other...

"As complete an explanation as you're willing to give, sir," he says.

His smile's grown. Bewildered as he might be, Gaeta still looks like a rapt student about to take a seat in a lecture hall.