Diarmuid nods, "That is what Lady Irene told me when I first came here. I wasn't sure how that could be either, but when I was sent home, it was true. No one knew I was gone. It was just like waking up from a nap!"

Actually, that part is pretty literal. Diarmuid was napping when he was brought to the city, so the next thing he did upon getting home was wake up.

"I was home for a year and it was just like I hadn't left. Then I came back here and found out only three days had passed! All I can guess is that very powerful magic is at work. Kind of like with fairy realms!" He gives Pharos a curious look, "Do you have fairy realms on your world?"