Those are always fun. It's one of the parts of being on a ship that I like the most, learning about all of those new things.

[The next part isn't really surprising, but he can't think of another way to describe it.]

If we ever get the chance, I'd like to go with you.

[And he means it, whether they get the chance, here, in a simulator, or to see it in their universe, he wants to go with her. Maybe to provide moral support, maybe because she's heard all about where he's from, maybe some other reason he's not really sure why exactly, just that he'd like to.]