He nodded, just the once, keeping his hands down and body posture as relaxed as he allowed himself. Nell was a smart young woman, and he knew she'd see the impossible difficulties of their present situation. None of it was made easy or easier, just more blatant, obvious fact as the worlds those who'd stepped off or been cast off the Voidtrecker Express further and further unraveled. Bursts of colours across their skies, collapsing senses of stability, contradictory elements...

"It was a first effort. Not our last one, ah? The Voidtrecker Express doesn't have the trick to safely untethering us yet. We're meant to be in these places, just not now. Not in this moment in time."

Here, he held out a hand, then two. An offer for an embrace as much as a means out, without taking further steps in her direction.

Nell was a smart young woman. He'd give her the time she needed.