A thousand years? And you still feel that way?

[ Her eyes widen as she looks over at him. That was a question she had for Persephone and Iris, for the gods she accidentally found herself among, but she didn't get a chance, and Bacchus was anything but helpful. She didn't know then either. She was very much afraid of all the ways in which she would be different. Iris said there was no choice, it was inevitable, to lose touch with humanity.]

That's a relief. The people I know who have been alive a long time, they seem really detached.

[ Maybe there is more than one way. ]

The interesting thing about my world is that it turned out some of those fantasies were real. My best friend Q and I, we were obsessed with this book series as kids, about a magical place called Fillory. It really got us started, we dreamed about it most of our lives. But it turns out it was all real and we could go there.

[ It didn't turn out to be exactly how they pictured though. Some things are better in the imagination, and that is reality. Julia didn't get her crown, she didn't get to go until later. But it was still Fillory. ]

So I've been a few places, but to this extent? No. You sound like an expert, any advice?