"What are the odds that a different planet, with the same dominant species, would appear in so many different histories?" She glanced at him sidelong, the extra rings around her irises more apparent in the contrast. "Because plenty of people here are from Earth, or were. And my history is advanced enough that intergalactic travel is possible, for some alien species. That isn't a name that repeated."

She might be giving a fraction too much away there, but Elma doubted he'd notice anything strange or repeat her statements in a form that could alarm others.