Alaric starts by defining the word (or rather collection of symbols) for 'moth' using the general physical characteristics of the beasts, and then using the specific characteristics of the ship to define 'Wasp'. He then sends a Euler diagram indicating that, while the general set of 'moths' is mostly contained within a big box along with the hexarchate symbols, the Wasp is outside that box. Instead it is in a box with several humans - long story short, ugly bags of mostly water - representing the crew. After a moment, he then indicates their travel through the rift, including that this means going through time from the hexarchate period to the heptarchate.

That done, and the Wasp's moth hopefully either satisfied or confused, Alaric calls up to the cockpit. Hopefully a Kel will know a thing or two about moths and their behaviors.

"I just thought I should let someone know that the moth is talking to me," he says, "and I think it's asking about what factions we're part of. I implied we're not technically part of any of them."

[I swear I will rejoin all y'all when we dock, assuming the space monster doesn't eat us for being heretics.]