[In the eyes of Fódlan nobility he was still a schoolboy back then, albeit one who still engaged in battle and government, so the difference is basically semantic. He doesn't bother to correct her, instead shrugging.]

From my perspective, it feels like I went home and experienced all that time passing. Maybe Cyrus was right, and our homes really aren't gone, not completely. Or... It's just another sign time works in a weird way for Shardbearers brought here.

[The more likely explanation, he thinks, given how Byleth and Dimitri are here, but they're not quite the people he knew -- Byleth, especially.]

But enough about me. You haven't been holed up in here all this time, have you? What's going on?