[Now that the conversation is definitely underway and there's no real escape at this point, Dist moves back to his original position and begins to pick up those spilled groceries, though never taking his off Jade. His expression remains that of someone whose previously great day was horribly ruined. Which, depending on how you take it with Dist, could either be very on-par with his usual reaction to Jade or very unlike him at all.

In this case it's the latter. Jade is...well, Jade, and Jade's presence always stirs up both positive and negative emotions, but this time it's an overwhelming negative. He didn't want to see Jade, as weird as it sounds to him when he internally reminds himself that.

Still, there's no turning back now. He'll just roll with it and hope this doesn't turn into a trainwreck.]

More than long enough. Though it may sound absurd, I have been here for over two and a half years. Ah, roughly the equivalent of one and a quarter of Auldrant's years. It's complicated.

[He's kind of glaring in that "don't question me" sort of way. If Jade's managed to figure out the basics of this world by now (or if he remembers- Dist isn't totally sure of that yet), then he shouldn't have too much trouble accepting these facts.]

But...yes, I settled into this city quite some time ago.