[the apology mollifies Geir immediately; it really doesn't take much. at least she's willing to back off, and that's more than can be said of a lot of people.

questions don't usually offend him in and of themselves. he has enough to ask most of the time...]

Astoria brought me too! I'm not from anywhere around here at all, as far as I know. Even the plants and animals are strange to me.

You just got here, right? I don't recognize you...