"I see." He's heard both terms, and hearing 'the future' doesn't surprise him at all, given Jim's comments from movie night about the technology in general and the starships in particular.

“Oh? Which bit did you get to see?” Somewhere in Skyrim, he’s fairly sure, given that it was almost certainly Felix who brought him there. But Skyrim is a very large province, so knowing that doesn’t actually rule out much.

As for the fire… well, he’s got all those perks put toward flame spells, may as well put them to use.