It's a bunch of space rocks. [ That, Ariane can describe confidently. She's been flying through the oort cloud for hundreds of cycles now, and honestly, it's started to get a little boring.

Years sounds about right, but it's not especially easy to here. Ariane nods grimly. ]

Yeah. I was on a ship with another person, so I guess she helped? I don't know why she would, though. We're not close. [ Ariane says, in the clipped, brusque way that suggests she isn't close with many people.

But hold up: ] What do you mean, for humans? Are you... not human? [ Aside from the pointed ears, he looks perfectly human to Ariane. ]