I don't really know how... But it seems like there's more than one place like it. Parallel worlds and things like that, I mean.

[But that's something that even he has trouble grasping, so he won't overwhelm Lily by laying down a heavy explanation.

There are more important things to focus on, anyway, like the fact that Lily's from a pretty fair time ago... Not as long as it feels, but he's certainly farther ahead, as he had suspected. His brow furrows upward a little, and the smile fades.]

That happened a while ago for me - even before I got here.