"A wraith, eh? Very, um, impressive," says Corliss, offering a brief smile. "I've never heard of your people, very interesting. And hey, two arms is much better than no arms at all, mate." He adds this last word in English, out of pure habit.
Myitt nods at Gaz and Morgan. "Good, I'm glad he'll pull through. Must be a nasty shock, winding up here against his will. Could you figure out where, or when, he's from? My host tells me his uniform and accent indicate an American soldier, from Earth, and possibly from one of the World Wars. That would make him from either sixty or ninety years before the Earth decade that we're from."
To Thordon she adds, "Excellent, my friend, now do you happen to have a universal translator?"