'Not like home'?  That sounds like she expects herself and him to both be from dath ilan... or maybe, both be from some much larger continuum that this place is still not like?

But he doesn't have time to formulate a careful question about that and ask it, because he is stepping inside the Houselike Object and looking around to gather info that way.

'Not like home'?  That sounds like she expects all arrivals to be from the same place, in which case she speaks Baseline because she's from dath ilan... or maybe, expects them to both come from some much larger continuum, that this place is still not like?

But he doesn't have time to formulate a careful question about that and ask it, because he is stepping inside the Houselike Object and looking around to gather info that way.

'Not like home'?  That sounds like she expects all arrivals to be from the same place, in which case she speaks Baseline because she's from dath ilan... or her parents were from dath ilan... or maybe, she expects them to both come from some much larger continuum, that this place is still not like?

But he doesn't have time to formulate a careful question about that and ask it, because he is stepping inside the Houselike Object and looking around to gather info that way.

'Not like home'?  That sounds like she expects all arrivals to be from the same place, in which case she speaks Baseline because she's from dath ilan... or her parents/ancestors were from dath ilan... or maybe, she expects them to both come from some much larger continuum, that this place is still not like?

But he doesn't have time to formulate a careful question about that and ask it, because he is stepping inside the Houselike Object and looking around to gather info that way.