[ The girl's confused reaction has him looking uncertainly back for a few moments — he has no idea if he might offend people from Other Earths or planets or things like that — but then her reply actually has him breathing a sigh of relief, and he can't help giving an almost self-deprecatory little laugh. As though he knew his own question was stupid. ]

Look, that's actually a huge relief to hear. There were people from all kinds of worlds, in that City place. Even like... alternate Earths? God, this is all fucking crazy...

[ She said "flip phones" though, which definitely suggests she might predate him a little, but Peter's not worried about that at all, just concentrating on his relief to meet any fellow Earth Teens. ]

I'm from Utah, [ he adds awkwardly and a little lamely. It's a pretty lame place to be from... ]