Momentarily shaken out of his daze by this news, Leander was up standing, feeling strange shivers all over his body, kind of like that nervous excitement you get when waiting for exam results or something else huge. He couldn't help but smile with a corner of his mouth, although the Doctor's expression was seriously grim and concerned.

Yes, Leander's day had started off with a quarrel and he had been put under a lot of stress by his family. He had been declined from another university. He had cried and ruminated over his insignificance and the point of his existence. Now, a man he had just met was telling him that aliens were threatening their lives and oddly enough, Leander felt like he had found his place or at least a purpose to serve, even if he didn't know what it was yet.

"What's a Slitheen?" he wondered out loud as the Doctor got hold of his elbow and quickly started leading him west, away from the crater and the clearing.