[No... it certainly hadn't been a year. Eley would have noticed if he had been gone for that long. He might be a little absent-minded sometimes, but he wouldn't forget a friend for an entire year without saying something about it.]
Then... are you saying that you returned to your world and have now been brought back?
[Eley recalled that people were supposed to forget about Luceti when they returned home. He could see how jarring it would be to suddenly be brought back here... though naturally a lot must have happened in a year. The state the Vulcan had arrived in gives Eley rise for concern.]
I am sorry that I could not tend to you sooner. Are you all right?
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[No... it certainly hadn't been a year. Eley would have noticed if he had been gone for that long. He might be a little absent-minded sometimes, but he wouldn't forget a friend for an entire year without saying something about it.]
Then... are you saying that you returned to your world and have now been brought back?
[Eley recalled that people were supposed to forget about Luceti when they returned home. He could see how jarring it would be to suddenly be brought back here... though naturally a lot must have happened in a year. The state the Vulcan had arrived in gives Eley rise for concern.]
I am sorry that I could not tend to you sooner. Are you all right?