"I am indeed the same. It is not my first time in a world very different from the one of my birth, but usually I remember travelling there." 'Normally' in this case is accurate, rather than wryness. She has fallen asleep and woken up somewhere strange before, but it's rare.

"I am Roshanak Parvinzedah, a student in the House of Wisdom, in the city of Baghdad. What are you called, lady?"