"Can we save them?"
"I don't know," she said, with a small, helpless shrug. "I don't even know if we can save ourselves. It's been so long since I was brought to Asgard that I—I scarcely remember my life before that. But I have learned a little of the Aesir—and that may help us now."
Stuart watched her. She tried to smile, but not successfully.
She said, "I'm Kari. The rest—I've forgotten. You're—"
"Derek Stuart."
"Tell me what happened."
"We haven't time," Stuart said impatiently, but Kari shook her head.
"We'll need weapons, and I must know—first—if you can use them. Tell me!"
Well, she was right. She had knowledge that Stuart needed. So he told her, very briefly, what he remembered.
She stared at him. "Voices—in your mind?"