[ she exhales shortly, not quite a laugh or a sigh or a sob. by design, there's nothing "calming" about her. but it's a nice thing to say. ]

Approximately eight days, two hours, and thirty one minutes. It's getting harder to count, though.

[ don't even get her started on the issue of time equivalency across solar systems and alternate dimensions! but she still asks anyway. ]

Are you - have you been here much longer?