"It's been a couple weeks now," Stiles told her. He could have quoted the exact time frame, down to the minute, if he really wanted to. He didn't think it was necessary. A generic answer was fine. And didn't expose him as the freak he could be.
"Long enough to get locked in my room. But that's how I met Hope and now we're roommates and it's not so bad." He still wished desperately to go home, but he could deal with being in Night Vale a little better now that he had a friend.