Ah, she could tell already, but it really seems like Tendi is the peppy, cheerful type. Rita is somewhere between feeling a little endeared, already tired, and dearly missing her best friend.

Well, even if most of the terms Tendi uses mean nothing to her, she can at least answer her questions. "I've from Terca Lumireis, but I doubt you've heard of it. Anyway..." Rita crosses her arms and makes a vague shrug as she launches into a rather blunt explanation. "Here's the deal, Tendi. This is some weird, separate dimension, and we've all been pulled here from different universes. The captain's some all-powerful smug jerk who's keeping us all captive here, and so far nobody's found a way back. Oh, I've been here for a couple of months already. Got all that?"

Introducing this sort of information more gradually? Nah, that'd take too long. This is fine, right?