"No, I don't mind!" A little quick, maybe, and a little emphatic, but some of the realizations of her new situation had started to hit home. Friends hadn't been a possibility in years. The last thing she wanted to do was seem standoffish. "They offered me a C-class position here for a year. If I hold up my end of the bargain, I might even get out."

She paused, tucked her hair behind her ears - which was about the point where she realized she was grinning like a lunatic and should dial it down a notch, maybe. Shrug.

"Hey, I never got the chance to say thank you before. For the breakfast? I was starving."