"Since back in July. Eight months now. Feels like a lifetime." He frowns. Eight months is nothing at all, when considered against the full span of his life - but lately his life has been segmented into pieces like this. Years of relative stability turned into a few short months of danger, a few years of pure anxiety, half a year of dedication and desperation. Sometimes he feels too old to be his age.

"I was one of the first people after the last reset," he adds for context. "Still a good number of us left, somehow."