Her comment though, made him grin too and laugh. "No, I get that. Earthling is the usual term." Leaning in enough as they walked to nudge her shoulder against his own in camaraderie. "Only Earth is inhabited in that system. It barely has interstellar travel. Most people don't deal with anything other than mundane every day lives."

Then his eyes looked down, a bit bashful again. "I sort of had the advantage, even if I don't really think so. Mom is a genius and at the technological forefront of most of modern culture on Earth. Then she also hung around with a group of highly-trained martial artists, including one of the Namekians, and one of the Saiyans, along with others. She was an adventurer." Clear he thought very highly of his mother too.

What she'd said about attachments...it sounded counter-intuitive to him. Then again, he was used to warriors--not just the Saiyans--who got stronger because of their attachments, especially having someone to protect and care about.

Trunks pulled out the map from his pocket, and checked. "These are, and it's weird to me as well. I can sense them--sense that they have ki, but it's...odd." And unsettling, considering his dealings with the androids. A sigh, and a reluctant smile. "Which means, I kind of just have to trust our host and their good intentions."

It was the simplest solution...

Eventually they came to a set of stairs to head up, to the first floor near the Banquet Hall where they'd started.