"I'm not sure I'd call us a superpower." They are, America is. He says 'us' even though he feels a disconnect there. It's not important here, probably, his failure to reconcile with God and country. This place is so far from anything he knows and here this guy is practically calling it boring. Takes all kinds, right? "Maybe not, but we are gonna find a way back. My friend is here, she's real good at stuff like this. Mysteries, conspiracies. That sort of thing."