"Yes. It's the standard treatment for an injury like mine back where I'm from. Surgeons can't always fix something like this." She even taps at it with a finger, Anders will hear the soft ding of metal under her pants leg. Maybe he's from a world with magic? It might explain a few things but she would rather not have to leave if he's from a weird anti-magic place.

"They were expecting us. Our names and everything," Brenda starts with a shrug. "I found a few of my possessions had been brought here without my knowledge and placed in this.... little house they had set up for me."

She doesn't appear happy about that but touches a finger to a moon stone pendant she has with her. It was one of her things.

"I'm a little leery of the fact they had my notes. I don't like people prying into my research. But so far they seem to be pretty content to let us wander between the islands. The castle on the central island is closed up right now. I guess whoever really runs this place must be inside.... But I'm not about to poke around there until there's more information out there. Like why we're here. I'm not... exactly well thought of back home but it's not like I did anything wrong."