[While Petunia recognizes it as a military uniform, she can't quite place when or where--American, she assumes, given his own accent, but that doesn't mean too much to her. Either way she pins him as "probably not government" and that makes him Okay in her books. She just looks amused. Her English is good?] Well, that's thanks to Britain, of course. [She could be bitter, but she won't. She will refrain.]

Oh, yes! You've never see a kangaroo then, yeah? They're really big and have pouches on their fronts to carry their young. They hop on their back feet and they're so strong! They'll box with you, you know? There are spiders the size of my head too-- not even exaggerating! [Okay maybe a little. She laughs a little and smiles] Oh, maybe there's a book in here somewhere?

You're-- American, right? [She eyes his uniform curiously now] Did you come right from a war...? That's awful...