[ He does win a cheerful smile from her in return. Now she feels like she actually did help. ]

No problem, Mister. I'm not, like, super-smart or anything, so I couldn't figure this kind of stuff out, but if you're gonna try, good luck. Maybe finding out how and why all this stuff happens can help some dudes, like... get home for good, or something. Or at least give us time to say goodbye when people go.