It takes Ben a moment to respond again, this time because he's too busy staring, fascinated and delighted, at the omnitool. He is very tempted to ask like a million questions about it, and what it is, and how it works, but that probably wouldn't work very well, considering that they're kind of struggling to exchange basic information here (besides, it's not like he would be able to understand how it works even if he was told).

"Uh, that's the thing..." He shoves his hands in his pocket with an exaggerated shrug. "Nobody really knows where they're based, but... y'know what, you should be able to find someone in the city, though. Might as well try it." He nods toward the city and gives Nihlus a thumbs-up (do aliens know what that means? oh well).