"Kinner yes, McReady no. Wait. You know Kinner?" Palmer grins. "Well, his fish shop is famous. We aren't members of the same team or anything. Kinner's world and my world have different versions of the same alien. It attacked me, but I escaped."

Palmer's thoughtful. 🧠 symbols appear above his head.

"Y'know...I don't know if the Nexus has natives. That's an interestin' point. There are people who've been here longer than others, but far as I know nobody's from the Nexus. There's the animals, but a lot of them are from other worlds, too."