More raised eyebrows. [i]Pirates[/i]? This woman did lead an interesting life, Ruli thought. He wasn't sure how she found the time with being an empress and all, but then he recalled that she'd been dethroned. By Gavin's family. Ruli took a glance to him as he exclaimed about Kire's age. 

"Not all of us can portal in from some ... where..." Ruli realized that nearly everyone here [i]could[/i] portal from one place to another, with the exception of Rab. At least so far. And with his heritage there was a good chance he could. He shook his head. "Well, not all of us can go world to world."

Ysaryn tilted her head toward Gavin and muttered a question. When Ruli didn't bother to translate, she sighed. "You old, also? Like Kirai?"

But Ruli's eyes were on Kire, the way her hand moved across the sky like she could smear the stars in it. He wondered what it was like to be able to jump worlds, to leave your place in the world and see things you could rarely share. Things you could tell stories about but few would believe. If she dreaded each jump, or instead the return home. If she got restless when home for too long, eager to leave once more and give her heart an adventure. 
Dangerous adventures. 

As Kire explained how there was a chance, yes, that Gavin could age much slower and live longer, Ruli recalled that she'd died, only brought back with Gavin's administrations. The news had made him feel cold. That she died [i]here[/i], away from her family. She'd made such a casual joke about it, but he could read the sadness in her face.
At least she was going home tomorrow. To display that she'd survived, and they'd all be little more than another story. 

He came back into the conversation as Ysaryn as she asked about the average life span, deciding that hers and Kire's time breathing the air would be about the same. "Except, yes, Kirai much old to me." Ysaryn said brokenly with a crooked grin to the empress. She raised her thin fingers, bending them as she counted in her head. "Three tens. Much old." Her fingers wiggled at Kire's face playfully.