A whole lot of time sure passes when you're timeskipping having fun. He doesn't interrupt except to express his occasional excitement and wonder. This is Verity's world, so he lets it be her moment.

When it's through he says, "If I get a phone, I'll send you a message so you and Steve and I can all meet up to learn magic." He pulls a piece of rolling paper and a stumpy pencil from his pocket and offers them to Verity. "Write down your phone's radio signal so mine knows where to send it. You can escape after that, if you want? I feel like I've had you here forever. Folks're gonna start thinkin' I'm the evil double-monster who kidnapped the innocent damsel."