"Heh. Sorry, should I say I'm a scientific researcher? So you could say I'm invested."

He brushes off that topic with a wave of his hand, since it's clear Piccolo isn't that interested. "Pretty sure mine isn't as interesting as yours -- I've lived in this city my entire life." His expression hovers somewhere between a smirk and a rueful grin. "It's just that until a year and a half ago it was in an alternate universe to this one."