Daryl? [ Fine. Better than calling him Terran the whole time. ] I am called Gamora.

[ On the bright side, he could always request she shank him in the head should he fall. She would hardly be repelled by such a request. ]

Are you certain? [ That he recognized plants, wildlife, was actually enough to give Gamora pause. That couldn't be right. ] But the only sign of civilization I've seen are ruins. I knew Earth was a backwater, but not that much of one.

[ Which, in retrospect, may be an insulting thing to say directly to someone from Earth, but too late now. ]