"Not boring." Ghoul shakes his head, no way, it's NOT boring. "Regular stuff for you ain't regular for me, remember? Once upon a time, maybe, but not no more. Now it's about as excitin' as you hearin' about back home." Okay, well maybe you can't exactly compare the two, but basically he's trying to say he's interested. Very interested.

"Where to? Said you were from California, too, so what else did you see? Other cities? Other countries?" That prospect does have him excited. Something beyond the zones. Untouched by the bombs and radiation. He wants to picture it. That and what California would be like back before it all happened. No Battery City. No BLI. Just sprawling metropolises with individuality, small towns, green... lots of water. People not forced to be happy.

"Don't have to talk if it's gonna bum you the fuck out, but I'd like t'hear. Really would, Finch. Trade you stories." Not something he offers just anyone.