He shook his head at her last question. "I was in a sort of purgatory and it was given to me by a sort of god." Which probably couldn't sound more unlikely if he tried, but then he had arrived on the ship with a load of other people in mysterious circumstances, so maybe she'd believe him.

"I asked to be able to fly like Superman." He looked a little abashed at that. If you could ask for anything, why that? "I'm just not very good at it yet."