Once upon a time, Gray had difficulty holding more than one hundred people in her head; seeing more than that all at once when she got to London was so overwhelming that her brain would often choose to shut down rather than process it, for at least a month. This is kind of like that. Living to one hundred years old is already hard for her to imagine. She can't even begin to envision what ten thousand years would be like.
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[ Ten thousand... Ten? Thousand??
Once upon a time, Gray had difficulty holding more than one hundred people in her head; seeing more than that all at once when she got to London was so overwhelming that her brain would often choose to shut down rather than process it, for at least a month. This is kind of like that. Living to one hundred years old is already hard for her to imagine. She can't even begin to envision what ten thousand years would be like.
Hold on... (math noises) ]
Then -- you were born around my time?
[ Squeezes his hand really hard... sorry. ]