[ Drake nods in agreement -- there wasn't really much out there to engage with. But his own trip is actually what set off this tiny crisis, so he takes a moment to decide how to explain that. It'd be easiest to start from the beginning. ]

Okay. I know Ephemera told you that some people from his world showed up last month. And things have actually been... fine. He even talked to one of them about the situation on the planet they were last on, and it got him thinking about going back. To help, instead of trying to kill them. Which is great, right? Except after we talked about it for awhile, I said that if there was a way for me to survive there, I'd go too.