[She notices that she doesn't quite get what she's saying. That's fine.]

Its very unpleasant. Time and radioactive fallout, stuff left over from when the bombs dropped 200 years ago, have changed the world and everything in it. Bugs that were once the size of your palm arenow the size of a medium dog. Most things got bigger and meaner and I am about the right size for a snack.

[That's the most basic way she can explain her world.]