It was the same way his mother would have answered the question. The words would have been different, but the sentiment would have been the same.

"My mother wished for my father to travel and learn of new lands and people." Adrian said. "He had never been outside of our small region in Romania." He had learned in the modern world, Transylvania was in Romania. "It has made this transition a little easier for me as well. I am not sure how I would have been able to settle in with no one speaking the Dacian language. Though I had an advantage, of knowing different types of people thanks to my father."