[She's smiling, if still a bit hesitantly, as he recounts the story. Close calls where everyone ends up all right--it's a perfect story, small or not.]

It sounds like quite the adventure. I'm glad everything turned out all right.

[How much of a country bumpkin, metaphorically speaking, would she sound if she voiced her amazement at the idea of going to another planet in the first place? Hopefully not too much, because when she starts talking, she continues without too much thought to the matter.]

Of course, it seems like every day would be an adventure on a spaceship. I'm a bit envious, I have to admit.