"Yes," Pat said. "We call it the Milky Way."
"So do we."
"You probably brought the name with you."
"You are suggesting that we came from you and brought the name of the Galaxy with us?"
"Why, yes."
"I see. Would you identify this solar system of yours?"
Pat held in her mind a picture of the Solar System and the Sun, embedded in the long spiral arm of the Galaxy. She made the image of the Earth expand and contract in emphasis.
"Thank you. So you come from that little system, do you? How interesting. And yet you have never heard of housings."
"We call them bodies."
"Well, so they are. I recall a primitive energy transmission we had here long ago. We extended an invitation to the operators, but they have not so far arrived. They came from your system, or so they said."