[ Well, Jim does have some experience with this kind of thing. Not a lot of experience, mind, but definitely more than most people brought here, if not everyone. He's also been stuck in unfamiliar planets before, so it's a little easier for him to just mesh those experiences together to both cope and try to figure out what they can do or where they can go from here.

Equal trades might not be how Jim always operates but he's no stranger to them, and he nods and gladly accepts the exchange. What little she can offer him right now in terms of information is invaluable, considering he knows next to nothing about why they're here. ]

I'd have guessed a map, among other things. [ Either a map to a treasure, to a trap, or just a means to get them out of here. Either of those options make him feel like all this is a little too much like some kind of game. ] Could be some weapon. I'm guessing you also don't know who wants us to find the Atlas either.