"I learned the history and religion of my own world from a set of books, and with that discovered the reasons behind my rejection at the hands of humans. Here, though the process be slow and arduous, I can perhaps glean some hint of the ways of other worlds, and find some way to become a less-unsuitable being for some place."

It would help if he understood the concept of things like bulldozers or roads; he hasn't gotten very far in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.