Rory is absolutely mesmerized by all of this, also leaning forward so much she's almost falling off the chair. Thankfully, because of its bean bag-like softness, it keeps her seated. "Oh, oh, you said 'others'! Were there more worlds than just this and the previous? How many, how different?"

The sight of the pipe makes her smile - her father used to smoke one, when he was alive. It makes the Protector seem even more trustworthy to her, like a fatherly figure.