[ He knew some of what happened on the Neheda, after all Tali had openly shared her experiences in hopes of finding a bridge to connect to Bruce, to relate to what he'd gone through. One couldn't say it was exactly the same, but he appreciated the effort anyway; and he ended up getting closer to her in the process, to the point of considering her a friend, so all in all, it wasn't so bad.

He certainly never blamed her for any of it. It wasn't her fault, after all— or anyone else who had been taken from their universes and into that one, for that matter. ]

So you were here before too?

[ Though evidently not long enough for Bruce to have met him. But that wasn't so strange. Even when there were fewer people on board, Bruce still didn't get to meet all of them. Nowadays it was even more difficult to keep track of everyone. ]

Ratchet. I haven't really talked to him at length, but I know he was on the Neheda too before coming here. Do you know him?