"I'll find out." He's not overly concerned with which stone he has, generally speaking, but being able to compare the experiences seems worthwhile. Maybe sapphire's harder to make work. (Or maybe Scully struggled to tap into whatever connection they have with the gems. She must've had to overcome her own inclination toward skepticism.) "It sounds beautiful. Do you go often?"

His sense of alien geography is still weak, here in his first week in Sumarlok; it could be on the other side of the planet, and he wouldn't be any the wiser.