She could not stop her hand going up to cover her mouth in complete shock when she found out how long he had been there. How could he have only been there a few months? That was not even close to the time that had passed for her, the period of over a year where he was mission in action.
Sydney slowly reached forward and placed a hand on his shoulder, admitting in a quiet voice, "Things are...different now, back home. Bridge..."
Sighing, she looked down and said softly, "You've been on MIA status for over a year. Almost everyone things you're dead."
There, she had said it. Even now, even though she was here, actively seeing him with her own eyes, she could not help the tears that welled up in her eyes at the months they had spent, endlessly searching the planet and nearby planets for him, the combining the area to find any strange wormholes, the day when his memorial service was held. Even seeing him now could not erase all of what had happened.