Fesha had never heard of any calendar stretching that long. He must be from far, far in the future, especially since she'd never heard of a city called New York.

But then something terrible must have happened--Asendar was one of the four great powers in the world. Six, if you include Heartwood and the North. While the last two didn't have much in the way of financial or military might, everyone knew who they were, because of all the rumors and legends and myths.

She could even be far enough in the future that there was a whole new calendar like the current one was started after the Mage's Fall regime change in Feredar.

"Oh," was all she managed to get out, after a probably incredibly impolitely long silence.