A specialty isn’t a limitation in understanding. _{( she says, very smoothly. but then she’s just listening with rapt attention to everything he says, and one could almost see the cogs moving in her head as she catalogues each bit of information and gives herself a clearer picture of this place. she pauses, before responding, bites down on the inside of her mouth as she thinks. )}

If you’ve managed to figure out that much, you must have been here long enough to run tests. _{( and that fits, with his explanation of temporal isolation, but she’s still working though the implications. )}

How long have you been here, Commander?