[... Well. He wasn't expecting this guy to be so open to the idea of his having visited the Coliseum in its prime, but since he rolled with it right off the bat...]

I didn't work at the Coliseum, but I did travel a lot, and the Coliseum was on the destination list a few times. I did meet Philoctetes once, briefly--friend'a mine actually got a few hero lessons out'a him, though. Apparently he's a real hardass.

[He's 100% serious; there's no sarcasm in his delivery. If inter-world time travel isn't a big deal where this guy comes from, there's no reason to pretend it's something bizarre or taboo.]