"Hyperlanes are real? Beyond theory?" Ezra has properly captured her attention now, eyes glimmering as she looks sharply at him, questions churning in her pale eyes.

"Physicists have been theorizing them for a while, but haven't worked out how to utilize them, so all trips have been the long way so far. Which is why cryogenics were invented and brought up to their current level."

As she's talking about the science-y stuff, she feels more 'present' than before. It's like there's a part of her that's always a little distant or hidden or...maybe even hollow, but that's harder to see when she's interested like this.