Then you must be having almost as much trouble adapting as I am.

Or maybe more? Even if Altea is from a distant star from earth [and 10,000 years ago], our people first embarked on intergalactic travel a very long time ago. If what the paladins told me was true, Earth was still relatively new to space, and still traveling within their own solar system...

And how far along were they, in your time?