[at least cal can tell when he's not believed, but he assumes it's because bd's off sulking. he wouldn't believe it either!

for now.] Before this? [he motions around the lab and ship.] I was on the Mantis- Uh-- my ship. We'd just left Bogano, in one of the outer systems, after a pit stop there...

[to his credit, cal hasn't really met anyone who hasn't been in space but maybe because he hasn't met any new arrivals and everyone else has adjusted. oops.

a pause, where his brows furrow. because then cal remembers what the voice has said and that people from very different worlds can be brought together.] Where are you come from before all this?