"Not so strange," Bariyan said, "not considering how little we know about the world in general. Or... worlds, as the case may be."

He deliberated on the next question; it'd come to mind immediately, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to ask it. Now it had been hanging in his head long enough that he assumed the only way of making it go away would be to answer it.

So he sighed, and ran his hands through his hair.

"How long was... I here, then?" Bariyan asked. "Before this, I mean."