There's an understanding quirk in Fortescue's smile when he says that he doesn't miss home as much as he thinks he should -- she knows all about that. She misses Cash, her sole remaining friend, but there's nothing else there for her. Imperium wants her head, figuratively speaking. Or perhaps literally now. If she's ever unfortunate enough to return, she'll find out which it is.

"Oh, it's been..." She has to think for a moment. "...almost two years, now. A few months shy of it. A while, give or take a few months when I was sent back home and then came back."

Which makes time more difficult to judge, for her. A while about covers it.

"This is quite different from where you were, then," she adds, with a soft chuckle.