He wasn't the only one who prided themself on their observational skills. She saw him tense up, however subtle the change was, so at least she knew he could hear her. Giving a soft sigh, she paused for a moment. She supposed she couldn't really fault him for being unsettled by all of this. Hell, she was unsettled, and she hadn't even been displaced the way these people had. At least she still had her ship and some of her crew--did any of these strangers even know one another?

"I know you're awake and can hear me," she said after a long moment of quiet, her voice level but benign. "Can you understand me?" It wasn't common, but there had been a few cases of the universal translator not being able to decipher alien languages right away. This man looked human, but there was a lot to be said for books and their covers. "My name is Imania. Palu Imania, I'm the captain of this vessel," she said. "You have nothing to fear from us; my crew and I are peaceful explorers, we won't harm you."