[ By comparison, that's much less of a gap than Sebastian would have expected. A thousand years may be a long time, even to a demon, but it still feels incredibly impressive that anything would be (presumably) in space to the point of referring to Earth in such a way in that time... After all, in 889, humanity was only just figuring out how to mold metal into armor. ]

Ah, so a long time, yes.

[ He says it so lightly, like that's something totally normal... ]

Why are you so interested in Earth, if I may ask? By your addendum, I assume you are not human, so I am merely curious what about the place would draw your interest as a result.