[He chuckles a bit.]

I like meeting new people, too. It's how I managed to learn as much as I did, during my journey.

[Also...

Being told Cu Chulainn is strong, after being told that it's Diarmuid that's teaching him how to fight...He can't help but become even more curious, than he already had been, about how well these two can fight.

After everything he's seen, he doesn't doubt people's abilities on account of age. Ion and Sync had technically only been two, after all.]

So, he likes training just as much as you do, then?