[ From this spot, it's rather comfortable and he's warm; welcoming. She closed her eyes as she listened to his words, a small smile in place for the time being. It took a short instance after he spoke for it all to sink in.

Why had there been such a pause before he'd started explaining things anyway? ]

Huh. So whatever force that brought me here is responsible for bringing everyone else here the same way. I assume when everything's fixed up, we're all allowed to go home or something like that, right?

[ Then something actually occurred to Futaba in that instance and her eyes snapped open in order to look at him with a somewhat skeptical look. ]

You're joking. I just saw you back home before showing up here so how could it have been months?