[Is he going to have to explain it? Here we go. It's not the first time he's had to lay it all out for a newcomer, so even though it's mostly guesswork, he knows the script by now.]

A friend of mine, who was at home with me, told me when I came here that he'd been here for like a year.

There's probably a version of you at home to take care of the cat, or something like that.