"It really is strange, isn't it? But there've always been stories and theories about a multiverse, and I suppose that this just confirms the idea." He actually sounds rather chipper about the whole concept, because what Leon has here is a certified nerd.

Which he'll probably realize very quickly as Bart continues at the same time that he's carefully straightening Leon's shirt. He would like to clean the blood out of it, but he doesn't have any clothes to offer in exchange and nothing that he's wearing would fit Leon anyway, the man is so much bulkier than he himself is. He doesn't even know yet that Leon is only a year or two older than himself, even while looking so much more stressed and aged.

"Oh absolutely, I'm finding it such an interesting challenge to be in an environment like this where I don't have access to any of my normal tools. Before this I was in a similar predicament, though I still had access to a fabrication unit and plenty of titanium salvage to build with. Here, there's no such thing as titanium, and they haven't figured out the process for making steel yet. I've done more writing here than I've ever done in my life! I'm sure my penmanship is utterly atrocious."