Huh. Definitely not on the Earth I'm familiar with. Unless that's just some fancy name for Switzerland or Austria?

[So another alternate universe, most likely?]

I wasn't being hostile.

[There's a slightly surprised tone in his voice that suggests he actually believes that. ... All right, fine, now that he thinks about it, maybe he was not being not difficult, but...]

I was merely pointing out the flaws in their explanations and trying to speed things up.