[ She leans back to give him space but stays right where she sits on the crate, eyes honed in on what he draws with rapt interest. His drawings look too ornate to be of practical use in a written language, unless it was utilized in another way. The Luminoth used 3D holograms for their language, after all. Still, she gets the impression that is not the case for him, using paper as he is right now.

He even implies as such as he draws comparison to the cards. Ssooooo... he just drew her some magic/superstition runes? What was he working with before, in the past? (This explains his interest, at least).

She points to hers, fine with taking the mystery out for the sake of pragmatism. ] "Arocum". [ She says, voice tinged with a slight indistinguishable accent on that phrase. ] Portal. Where I'm from there is technology capable of long distance teleportation. [ Dryly, ] That's the label on the outside of the platform...

Sometimes that technology is left and abandoned on other planets, lost to time. [ There's more to explain the specific context of that, but she doesn't want to overwhelm this stranger. He looks tired already. She shrugs. ] Water isn't used as a medium for transfer, to be fair... so it likely isn't the same.