Elriss blinks at the man's introduction. That's certainly a long, non-Yeerk title. As she steps into the bar, she mumbles, "Gallant Albert as vis-a-vee von Braun of the lighthouse?" She smiles at Gallant as she steps through the door, "How about I just call you Gallant? Gentleman that you are."
She makes her way to the table at which Mar and Haviss are speaking, plopping into the chair next to Haviss. She smiles at Gene, then turns back to answer Gallant's questions, "I'm really just Rose. And I say we're in America. Haviss here," she rests a hand on Dan's shoulder, "says we're on a distant planet, which would make my walk back a lot longer." She laughs a little at her own wit, and waves the bartender over.
"Venvolar, it's the Space Bar!" says the strange boy-creature in the nasally man's voice. It sounds absolutely delighted about this. It eyes the bartender, then looks at Mar, pointing an impossibly skinny finger at him and affecting a look of concern. "Venvolar, that one has a growth, a dark cancerous growth, much bigger than the man himself. It's far away, but it's still all of him. Find me a saw, that I may remove it."
"Later, Genwa," says the creature distractedly, switching back to the young boy's voice and slumping. "What's a Space Bar, Jelsea?"
