"I'm like two hundred years ahead of most people I've met so far," she replied with a ghost of a smile that didn't linger very long. Because when he went on, he only managed to say the exact thing that she thought about sometimes. Even if they had been from her universe, the people that she'd met and befriended here wouldn't still be alive back home, because there was such a huge gap between their generations.
Joey shook her head and took a deep breath, letting it out softly. "No, it's okay. I feel like if there's any place to do that, it's here," she replied, pushing herself back to her feet. "I'm gonna go look through the journal. It's going to bug me, now, if I don't..."