"Atair..." The receptionist elongated the name as she clicked through, and a few seconds and an overly long vowel later, she looked up with a smile. "Ah, you're one of our long-distance students! The time difference is rather large, I'm afraid... You should get back at about the same time you left, if you're staying for the entire year" Her smile was a sheepish one, as if to say, 'temporal software! What can you do?'

"Was there anything else?"