“Yep!” Anise replied before taking another bite of her strawberries. It wasn’t really something to be happy about, though the fact that after all this time, she was still alive and sane was a good thing. “About six weeks, I think.” She’d already taken the time to count when she answered a similar question yesterday, so she was able to answer without stopping to count.

She stopped chewing and started cutting her pancakes into smaller, bite-sized pieces. “I’m guessing you’re newer, huh?” Not totally new if she’d seen him around, but relatively new, she was guessing. “Where are you from?” Chances were low that he was from Auldrant, but Anise had heard enough about other planets that she just might recognize a place name.