[ Even such an innocuous, well-meaning question causes Ferdinand's cheeks to redden ever so slightly, his eyebrows knitting upward in trepidation. He is very much the sort of person who wears his heart on his sleeve, and what his sleeve is saying right now is that he would prefer not to go into too much detail. ]

Ah, well... it certainly does have its challenges. No doubt about that. It has been a rather eventful few months.

[ Ah, but enough about that. It wouldn't be proper for him to dwell too much on his own troubled thoughts. Not when a comrade may be in need of reassurance. ]

But enough about that. I assume you just arrived recently, yes? Time works in rather... mysterious ways here. Especially regarding how we each arrived here in the first place.