"Oh, I know that one. Lord of the Rings, right?" The man that was now a lizard folk felt a tinge of strangeness. He had completely thrown himself into character, almost forgetting about his life prior to this body. When someone brought up things from the outside world, it stirred something inside. Not longing, more like regret maybe.

He shook away the feelings. "So, we've pretty much taken a straight line into the center. To make the most effective further contact, we should have to work our way back out in a spiral pattern."