Just since last Founder's Day? [she sounds incredulous that it could be so recent.] I've lived here for... christ, eight years now, and I'm just now finding out about all this?

[because hell, if she'd known that there was this whole world of interesting stuff just behind whatever veil was hiding it... maybe she'd be happier today.]

I mean, okay, sure, whatever. Maybe whatever it is just picks people at random or something. But why would the world changing make people think their lives aren't real?