Does it? I suppose there is a sort of distaste in such a description. I will amend that.

[ Next time he talks about coffee, that is. He doesn't make it a habit to eat or drink much at all, purely for the social factor, so... ]

Indeed. ...Do you mind if I ask how long "all this time" encompasses?

[ He's heard of it happening; people disappearing and then reappearing in the colony changed. Or rather, their existence allowed their original world's timeline to flow...something like that. ]