"If you lift the tablet -- the communication device -- and bring it with you, a door will open. It will lead you to the stairs into the Sanctuary. From there, you have your choice of where you might go. There are temporary rooms to be found in the Sanctuary, or in hotels. You may claim an empty house if you please, but you may wish to wait until you're more familiar with your surroundings."

There are many more things to explain, such as the bracelet and how currency works, or the hatches, and he has every intention of getting to them in time. A place to settle simply seems the most important to finding one's feet, and he's fully prepared for Mattie's shock when she sees the very eclectic -- but at least partially modern -- city of Taxon.