Hey, it doesn't have to be elaborate or anythin'. Let's see...

[ He paused, thinking of a kind of conversation starter that might lend itself well for some initial light discussion. ]

For instance, I'm from Japan. Earth, 1988. Used to work in the cabaret business, so I pulled a lot of late hours. Turned out, that worked pretty well when I had to go werewolf, because they're all about bein' nocturnal.