Now, he's not trying to read over her shoulder or anything, but since she's just writing right there he does watch to see what she puts down before he reaches back up and places his wish back on the tree.

"Yours is a good wish. And hopefully we don't just have to rely on luck for that one. That's the sort of thing we can all work to help make it true." Which he sounds optimistic about, since being comforting is always more pleasant than voicing his fears.

"You're from Earth, then? Maybe I asked you that before. Seems like that's where most people here are from."