I have no idea what that means, she can't help but think, staring at the letters. But she can always ask the other travelers later, when the psychic network won't just be a distraction she doesn't want to deal with. For now...

"Okay. You can call me Steph, then."

She steps carefully around the balance ball and sits down, settling on it without too much trouble.

"Why couldn't you just talk to me like this back in Newport?"