( He fully turns to look at Yuuri, considering what answers he could give. In the end he goes for the most honest one, walking over and sitting down next to him, draping an arm around his shoulders. )

I don't know. Short of asking everyone we think we recognise directly, I don't know how we'll learn that.

( The mechanism of the portal doesn't make full sense to Viktor. He's not sure it needs to; it's real, regardless. )

It's a bit like being thrown into a whole new culture. ... Again. Only with more nature involved, and less of a chance of being thrown out an airlock or left without gravity.