Alas, that's simply how it will be for as long as they're aboard the Voidtrecker Express (or at least until they get some better answers from the train). Who knows about the latter though? For all they know, they'll never have proper solutions, and perhaps they ought to be ready to just accept it.

“You're right,” he admits. “Both about the train and our time. It's a better use of the latter if we at least funnel it into something productive, which includes helping.” Something he prides himself on more often than not.