Hal considered that for a moment, taking a sip of his beer to stall before he answered.

"It's...a little surreal," he said, finally. "It didn't really sink in until we checked out that museum, but seeing all of that here, a thousand years down the line...it's nothing I ever thought I'd see. But to be fair, I don't think about the future that much."

Too busy, usually. One thing after another.

(Or maybe he just wasn't ready to spend too much time looking to a future he had no idea what he wanted to do with, or whether he'd have anyone to share with.)