Edith shakes her head.

"We'll have a lot to talk about on that subject, when you're ready to. These things you can do, that we can't... they might be the key to protecting my people from our enemy, and they might be the key to getting you home."

"I don't think I can get me home."

"Sanjana, didn't you say that with that relic--?"

"It's still a long shot, but it hardly seems as though her help could make our odds any worse. I'll need to have a close look at the relic, and have a better understanding of our guest's capabilities, before I could deign to speculate on our exact chances."

"Relic?"

"The dysofrag fields are full of old things. Older even than Sanjana and I--things left over from long before humans reached this place. We've excavated many artifacts over the years with uncanny properties. And the latest relic we've received word of... Sanjana, can you explain?"

Sanjana gives Edith an are you sure we should explain this to some extradimensional visitor we barely know look, but complies with the older woman's request.

"Reports say that it can transport objects between dimensions." She returns her attention to Aly. "If I were to speculate on how you got here, I might surmise that such a device was involved. Likewise, I would very tentatively hypothesize that activating this relic could be the first step towards accessing whatever world you came from."

...nod. "Okay. I want to go home." She didn't find "husband" in the dictionary so she can't mention him.

"We'll try our best. Sanjana's right, that there are no guarantees, but we've surmounted so many challenges before. I have faith in my people's ingenuity."

"Thank you."

"We should wrap things up here." Sanjana gives a screen a few taps, and everything in the room except the emergency lighting goes dark. "I've got work to get back to, and we've already had a little more zero-G excitement than is probably ideal for our respective constitutions?"

"Yes."

The trio return to the elevators, and ride them back down to the medical wing without further incident.

Once they have gravity again Aly's scooter unfolds and she steps onto it.

Sanjana eyes the Uncanny Scooter Unfolding Phenomenon with interest, but does not comment.

"Will you be alright on your own from here?" Edith asks Aly.

Aly's quarters are a couple of halls away.

Behind them, Sanjana hangs back by the elevator door tapping down notes on her hand-screen.

"Yes, thank you." And she turns the wheels and scoots back to her room to work on the language some more.

Her books are right where she left them.

There's also a tray of food on her desk. Looks to be delivered recently. Still warm.

She takes a bite, and checks the napkin for secret messages.

Oh look! A secret message!

Message reads: Put This In Your Ear

There is a weird gadget tucked away under the napkin that looks vaguely inner-ear shaped.

She does not like that secret message.

She writes Why?? What does it do? on the napkin and tucks the object in her scooter cargo compartment instead. She eats her lunch.

Her lunch gets eaten.

About half an hour later, somebody comes by to retrieve the tray.

Which she returns without incident. "Thank you!"

After that, she has plenty of uninterrupted time to study or rest or otherwise occupy herself.

She goes out and scoots around, exploring, when she needs a break.