"It is rather unfortunate, I agree. I imagine it would make things a lot easier if we could."

They wouldn't have to learn entirely new abilities and techniques, and they would be able to more efficiently make use of the talents they already knew they had, as opposed to trying to hone newer ones... Alas, even if similar technology existed, it would still probably be different enough that they'd have to "relearn" it in order to use it. (And that was to say nothing of the Alaya-Vijnana, which was a far more complicated issue, but that was more his problem than Gaelio's.) Either way, it was definitely a shame. Perhaps they had potential with these new abilities, but it still felt like their "true" potential was being wasted.

"There's no telling how long we'll be here, so try not to get rusty."

(Not that it's going to matter... But you know...)