[Talia's going to quirk a brow at the word 'handler', Carter, because he was just a boy. Why in Havens' name was he in need of a handler?

The Herald knows that strained laughter well, Carter; she's offered more than her fair share of that same laughter in her years. Her smile is gentle as she speaks next.]

For good or ill, there have been instances in others from our distant worlds in arriving as well... It is likely you will find another from your world here. Alternately... [She gives him a meaningful look, because not everyone wanted someone from their world here.] You might find yourself alone in this place, but that friends are at every turn.

[Friends like she, or Lily, or Logan, or Bennett or many of the other good people she's met here already on the Black Tide.]