[ He pulls back soon after, for what it's worth, hands lingering on her arms before he lets them drop to his sides. ]

Right. You did.

[ He smiles a bit awkwardly. It's a little difficult to explain, but he knows that the people on his crew would understand the science behind it a lot better than most everyone else. ]

Time works differently. I've been here for over a year, now. [ He pauses to let that sink in. ] We're in another universe, from what I've gathered so far. Either that, or a very distant galaxy in our own.