It is pretty hard to believe, isn't it?

[She laughs a little, but then turns her face to cough into her shoulder. Ough, this air is so...prickly. It's nice to actually be outside and walking on "Earth" again, but man is this cold kind of awful, actually. Hopefully she can get used to it in time, or get more of that Winter Stardust to keep the worst of it off her.

Also get ready for a twelve year old to be way smarter than her age and appearance at first glance. Maria's from a family of super geniuses and scientific prodigies. She's most definitely a bright light in that regard as well.]

Not specifically, no. Myself and my grandfather were wholly unaffected, but once the cause of the time anomaly was dealt with, it...felt sort of like we were fading away, both in a figurative and literal sense. [She holds up a hand, turning it left and right.] Our physical forms became transparent, almost ghost-like, and I believe it was because we were being returned to our respective places in time little by little...

This place feels different from that though. I can't explain it quite yet, but it feels more...tangible? I suppose?