[Claire pulled her lips into her mouth, averting her eyes in guilt or sympathy. Maybe both.]

I'm sorry, I know it's confusing. [She looked back up at him.]

I left my brother too, when I came here. I have three back home. It's like...shit, how do I explain this?...it's like time pauses when we come here, but no one notices, and it isn't until we go back that everything resumes. [She leaned her head into one hand.] I just made things worse, didn't I?