"Like a universal translator?" Saturday's eyes widen in delight. "You guys have so many cool things! This is the sorta stuff I thought dimensional travel and all that would have me seeing, not - well, nevermind."

It's too depressing for a nice conversation with an interesting person. She looks terribly eager as she asks the next question - not in a predatory way, but a genuine, wondering expression. Like a curious kid at the planetarium who's found a very tolerant docent.

"Do you guys do space travel, too? Like to other solar systems? Is faster-than-light real? Are there other kinds of alien people or just you?"