This December will be six, if I don't go home before then.

[She smiles, quiet and reassuring.]

The first Christmas wasn't bad, actually. I had loads of people from my world here when I arrived, even one of my brothers—Ron. The second one was a bit awful, though, because everyone had gone home by November of that year. But I've always had friends like you around, so it could always be worse. I'm lucky.