Is Lyria supposed to be a planet? she thought to herself. "You've never been to Lyria, then, have you?"
"... we were very young when we left."
He doesn't even know he's a native of Earth! Julia thought. "You know," she said, "I'll bet I know more about you than you think I do."
That brought a fear reaction from Walt.
You don't need to be afraid of me, Julia thought soothingly.
(She had scarcely half an hour left before the aliens shut off the big transmitter.)
"How soon.... When will we get to the hotel?"
"Soon, now," Julia said.
"We'll be alone?" Walt said.
"We'll have a chance to talk; there are a lot of things for us to talk about."