[She pauses for a moment at that response. Whoops, she had meant to ease her more into learning how long she's been here.]

I don't get it all m'self, but it's sometin' like that. We can call be 'ere from different points in time, an' it's like time ain't movin' back in London while we're 'ere. ...Sometin' of the sort.

[A meek smile.]

I'm sure you'll make more sense of it in no time. Basically, I've been 'ere a bit but I'm fine an' all.