'Far away' makes Martel half-laugh like it's a private joke, something sort of odd behind his eyes when he looks up over the rim of his glass. "I do a lot of travel," he says, the kind of bland that usually thinly veils brattiness (not, grant you, the word Martel would choose to describe his behavior--for all its accuracy). "You could call it religious work, though I'm--let's say--retired."