Elsewhere, a few hours later, DZ notices a telltale change in Deskyl's breathing and alerts the healers that she'll be waking up soon.

Hashirama quickly leaves a clone to wrap up and delegate his responsibilities and comes over. 

He assumes he should wait outside while Deskyl is actually waking? 

Yes; Desuka should probably not be in the room either. She gives them a quick safety rundown: Lightsabers work like so; Deskyl's sensory powers work like so; telekinesis works like so. DZ doesn't expect her to be hostile but it's hard to know for sure, in a situation this new; if Hashirama has a particular strategy in mind for handling that, DZ may be able to offer advice about it.

His usual non-lethal options can cross the line into physical or chemical restraint if he's also trying not to hurt someone bad enough to disable them. He can fill a space with a closely personalized toxin, which he can make as lethal or non-lethal as he likes. He can also move very quickly and control most surfaces in the room, since it's made of wood.

Deskyl is generally immune to poison; there's a chance it would work, right now, but not a large one. She's faster than a baseline human but can't touch Hashirama's speed; that might be a good approach.

"That's not my top speed, too, if there's a true emergency. Though if she turns hostile I'll also almost immediately have Tobirama as backup, and he's much faster than me and has magical means of restraint."

She nods. "That should work, sir. If she thinks her life is in danger she'll fight to the death, but otherwise she'll back down once it's clear she's outmatched. The other thing that you should be aware of is that Sith powers are emotion-based and emotion-affecting; it's advisable to escalate as quickly as possible if you have to escalate at all, rather than giving her time to get angry."

"Reasonable."

"She really is very calm for a Sith; there's a good chance that it won't come up at all."

He nods. "Still, it's best to be prepared."

"Yes sir," she nods. "I should go sit with her."

She's gone for about fifteen minutes, and comes back to report that Deskyl would like to meet Hashirama and Desuka.

He nods. "That's alright with me. Desuka?"

Desuka nods, looking a little nervous, and follows him in.

He approaches calmly, posture relaxed, with a slight smile. Still, there's a line to his back that suggests someone who is absolutely not a push-over. "Deskyl, was it?" he asks.

Deskyl is less calm, but not threatening or even especially wary, just guarded, prepared to react if he makes the first move, and not looking at Desuka at all. DZ signs to her, and she nods to him and signs back.

    "She wants to know what your plans are for her, sir."

"We'd like to trade information with you, ideally. At a minimum, we could teach you how to survive here, and you could teach us something of your world. If all goes well, we wouldn't object to you settling here - this city is very recently founded, as a place for those without other, set homes to come together. What you would do with your time then would be up to you, of course. Even if you wish nothing further to do with us, I would consider a free agent who has a positive impression of the Hidden Leaf to be worth the investment put into your care."

She nods along with DZ's translation.

    "What kind of information are you interested in, sir?"

"Our main areas of concern are first if someone from your world makes contact, or if in developing our own dimensional travel methods we stumble on your world, and second the betterment of everyday life here. Diplomatically relevant information and mundanely useful technology, essentially."

    "She expects to be able to redevelop some of her world's technology for you; she'll need to know more about your current capabilities to say what. Most of what she knows about her world's politics is about the Sith, who she recommends that you avoid; she's willing to tell you what she knows about them and the other empires of her world, though, and she doesn't expect that they're capable of following her, though she'd want to know more about how she was brought here to be sure of that."

"I think my brother's probably the best person to talk to for current capabilities, but that's something we're willing to share."

"'Who to avoid' is the type of information we'd need most, for diplomacy."

   "The main empires are Sith, Jedi, and Hutt; Sith are dangerous to interact with by nature and inclination, and the Jedi will be hostile if they know that you've helped a Sith. Hutts are primarily motivated by money, and do trade with Sith, but Deskyl hasn't personally interacted with them very much; there are also some minor civilizations in the outer rim that she knows even less about."

He nods. "This is the Land of Fire. We're one of the largest political entities on the continent. Specifically, this city is the Hidden Leaf, a sort of worker's union for shinobi, one of the three types of our world's magic users, who have traditionally been mercenaries. We don't have any set, firm enemies. We try to be beneficial to trade with, but dangerous to cross, as do most polities in this world."

    "She's comfortable with that approach. What kinds of things do you trade?"

"Physical goods, like food, and craftsmanship items. Information. Services - we are, originally, mercenaries, and our city's main source of income remains in contracting with this nation's feudal lord and authorized others, to work as security, as intelligence agents, as supplements to the army..."

    "She should have no trouble supporting herself, then, as an engineer or a mercenary or an artist. What do you need from her in the immediate term?"