"This is the Worldwound. It should be very visible from space. There's a planar portal to the Abyss. We're on the northern end."

Kyeo experiments with attempting to speak Ibyabekan around the magic; it turns out he can do that okay. "Captain, Star Cadet Kyeo Sebe Luk reporting by proxy via ostensible magic, alive and whole, at the north end of a visible planar portal, 'the Worldwound'. I await pickup or orders."

"It's a bit too long, can you trim out four words -"

"Uh. Kyeo Sebe Luk reporting by ostensibly magic proxy, alive, whole, north of visible planar portal, 'the Worldwound', awaiting pickup or orders."

She repeats it with an air of intense concentration.

"That's understandable," confirms Kyeo.

The captain replies, but is obviously unfamiliar with Sendings. "Who is this - does this have to do with - who do you report to, what planet - stand by while I go and get, ah, someone -" and then he's cut off.

"I didn't understand that, did you?" says the wizard.

"Yes. Well - he sounds confused and doesn't want to tell you anything in case you work for Ibyabek's enemies, I suppose, which makes sense. I - guess I should maybe try again later?"

"You should probably try a scry, so you can sustain a longer conversation. That one takes an hour to do, though."

"I don't know... anything about magic, so you may have to explain a little more what it would do."

"Right. A scry is a spell that lets you look at a target over a great distance. Sometimes you can do simple magic through the scry, in which case you can talk to them. It lets you talk for significantly longer than Sending, so it's probably the best way to get in touch with your ship. However, it has a long casting time; if I start now I'll be done in an hour. It might make sense to talk for ten minutes first. It's up to you, though."

"The reply didn't sound like he'd be ready in ten minutes."

"No, I mean, it might make sense to talk for ten minutes about magic and what you're doing here and what Ibyabek is like, before I start a spell that takes an hour. In case we think of some other plan that makes more sense. Your world doesn't have magic at all?"

"Right."

"Do you know how you got here?"

"No. I hit my head at some point."

Sympathetic nod. "What's Ibyabek like?"

"It's the second planet in the Ibyatok system. It's governed by Glorious Leader Lut Naar Am."

"Wow. Is it mostly humans?"

"It's all humans. Humans evolved on a planet called Earth and colonized the galaxy from there. I have no idea where you came from."

"...I guess probably Earth if that's where all the other humans in the galaxy come from? How do you know that? How long ago was it?"

"Humans first left Earth hundreds but not thousands of years ago."

"...then that doesn't explain anything, we've been here much longer than that. What is Ibyabek like? What are your gods?"

Why does everyone expect Ibyabek to have gods?? "We don't have gods."

"....what, none of them? Huh. Okay. What's that like - that's not a very helpful question? Who organizes, uh, courts, and aid to the poor, and banks, and orphanages and so on?"