[It's strange, to have no time have passed for him, to have him not even remember, but for her reaction to be exactly the same. He smiles and offers polite gestures and is kind. It's nice. It's not something she knows how to handle, still, after all this time.]

Well, uh, I don't actually have to go s-super far-- I've been staying at my Lab since it's kind of hard to get between the islands. The city used to all be in one, so uh, suddenly my apartment went from being close to pretty far...

[Jeez, that likely sounds totally incomprehensible to someone who hasn't lived here. She'll probably have some explaining to do...]