He might wind up saying something like "a very, very, very long time, many winters, or many, many seasons," or something to this effect, conveying the idea that it was a long period of time.
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might wind up saying was
saying something like "a very, very, very long time, many winters, or many, many seasons," or something to this effect
something like "a very, very, very long time, many winters, or many, many seasons," or something to this effect
a long period of time