It's understandable that you wouldn't still have the coordinates.
[He says it graciously. He is actually trying to reassure Donatello slightly. He doesn't want anyone to feel as if any part of what's happened to them is their fault, even with how annoyed he is that he has to worry about getting them home on top of everything else.]
You're...whatever species you are, not a Coluan like myself. Most species are incapable of such eidetic memorization.
[Not every species could memorize things like his own could. Not every member of his own species could memorize things like he could, either.]
Your expertise alone should be sufficient in rendering some aid and I do want to allow those of you that are capable of it to be able to exert some control over your situation. I've been displaced in time and space several times myself. I know how...trying it can be.
[He doesn't really like the idea of sharing the lab with anyone other than Lyle, who...well, isn't there anymore. But he's perfectly capable of cooperating with other scientists and so far Donnie seems amicable enough. And he knows what it's like to be trapped somewhere alien like the displacees are. Both times -- the time he was stuck on 21st century Earth and the time he was stuck with a handful of the others in the Second Galaxy -- had been miserable, and one of the things that'd made both bearable was that he was one of the only ones among his friends able to come up with possible solutions and exert control over their fate. He wants to present that opportunity to others if they're capable of it.]
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[He says it graciously. He is actually trying to reassure Donatello slightly. He doesn't want anyone to feel as if any part of what's happened to them is their fault, even with how annoyed he is that he has to worry about getting them home on top of everything else.]
You're...whatever species you are, not a Coluan like myself. Most species are incapable of such eidetic memorization.
[Not every species could memorize things like his own could. Not every member of his own species could memorize things like he could, either.]
Your expertise alone should be sufficient in rendering some aid and I do want to allow those of you that are capable of it to be able to exert some control over your situation. I've been displaced in time and space several times myself. I know how...trying it can be.
[He doesn't really like the idea of sharing the lab with anyone other than Lyle, who...well, isn't there anymore. But he's perfectly capable of cooperating with other scientists and so far Donnie seems amicable enough. And he knows what it's like to be trapped somewhere alien like the displacees are. Both times -- the time he was stuck on 21st century Earth and the time he was stuck with a handful of the others in the Second Galaxy -- had been miserable, and one of the things that'd made both bearable was that he was one of the only ones among his friends able to come up with possible solutions and exert control over their fate. He wants to present that opportunity to others if they're capable of it.]