Zoë's expression didn't change. "Don't have a home. Born Vesselside, and that's where I live. I didn't decide on the name, but there ain't been an inhabitable Earth for hundreds of years. Terraforming is the best they can manage."
She tilted her head. "And if you don't know that, then this ain't a core planet." Finally taking her eyes from him, Zoë looked around, taking in details of the city around them. "Can't be core. Too dirty to be core." That was unnerving.
When she looked back to him, the hostility was gone. Quiet acceptance was in her eyes. He wasn't responsible for her being here, and he didn't seem to have any more clue as to where this was than she did. "Your anomo-whatsit usually take people away from their homes like this?"