[ there's a brief pause of silence, before he responds: ]

No, I'm afraid not.

[ his tone is genuinely apologetic; arriving here with no one is pretty awful. lotor was lucky enough to have the members of voltron and allura, here, so he wasn't completely alone. but he can sympathize with feeling that. ]

But it isn't unusual, to arrive here without anyone from your own world. We have plenty of individuals here alone, so to speak -- which likely isn't a comfort, but it happens more frequently than you would think.