[Miriam shakes her head and sits on the ground, hugging Barnaby. The dog noses her hair, whining. This doesn't make sense.] Maybe...maybe you live somewhere else an--and they just call it Earth? And maybe it's really far away, an' that's why you don't know about the stations. 'cause there's a lot of them. Like, a lot.

[She really wants to ask what a Voltan is, but has a feeling she shouldn't bother Irisa too much. She wants Irisa to like her, because then Irisa might help her. Therefore Miriam needs to be nice and good.]