[Ironically, Ari's inclined to think well of spacers of almost all kinds. Scientists, she has more mixed feelings about, but here she's inclined to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. And he's both, really.]

I'd prefer not to rationalise it away. [Especially not by calling it 'magic' - that earns a little roll of her eyes, spoken by a scientist.] I'd prefer to identify what we know as a group and what we don't, objectively, and to see if we can increase that knowledge. That may be our way out of here, ultimately.

[That's the spirit she's asking her question in, even if it seems mad.]

Well, Citizen Oda mentioned you to me, but he - told me that you were dead. [What's the question? It's not are you dead? because he's clearly not. She decides to simply wait, and see how he responds.]