[Well, Mia at least will finally laugh a little at this. Even if the doctor is just going on about a couple rather unimportant nuances, the doctor's sort of mania is kind of interesting. And he seems friendly enough.]

Well that certainly is true. Our capital at the North Pole is fairly big too, though not quite anything like this. And not quite this busy.

But thanks! I actually haven't been formally welcomed quite yet, unless you count the ship captain who brought me here as a formal welcome. [She offers her hand to shake his.] Doctor Oobleck, you say? Is that a doctor like a healer? Or a doctor as in a researcher?