He perks up at the prospect of being able to find something familiar he can use, but his sudden want to go and see right now is halted by mention of evolving, growing...

"Gifts?" he echoes dubiously. "Like...being good at flying jets? That's...I mean, that's just training. Though if I need to retrain to manage the vehicles here, then I can do that, no problem. I just need to know where to start, really."