"Cooperation," they answer, easily - lazily-toned - enough. "Whatever that means to you. Trust - I won't use this word. Trust in many cultures is complexed, bothersome. But knowing what you, the passengers, know, knowing what you don't; being able to work with the passengers, the craft. Helping, assisting. Our overall goal is to bring the involuntary tethering to an end, to locate individuals wherever's better or best for them to be, to investigate the cause of these disappearing worlds and systems."

A sigh breaks in. "And it's less work if we can work together. Or less messy. You can tell us any needs you have - any supplies, items, medicines, for example, that you may be lacking. Information, we can try to pass on. And,"

Here they stress the word.

"Please tell us if there's any worlds or galaxies or universes in danger because one of you aren't where you should be. We can look into it. Send out calls. See and decide what can be done."