Academic. Understanding dawns, a connection made. "You're an Archimedean," Ayatan exclaims. "Or whatever your people call them. An important scholar." Well, that makes sense why he's so curious. It's literally his job, then. Or will be?

"I don't think you'll be the first to try," they tell him with a small shrug, "but I don't think anyone's figured it out either. This place is even more complicated than the Void, and nobody understands that yet. Although..." They bite their lip a little in a nervous tic. "The Nexus is probably a lot safer to study. I hope it is."