"How did you decide when to leave--well, not your family home, exactly, but a home you've got accustomed to?"

Martha is fiddling with the lid of a to-go drink she has in hand (chocolate, not coffee), and her expression is pensive. "I've just completed medical school and I've got a year to go as a FHO, but I've started to think about living abroad when I'm done with that. You could say that...recent events have given me an interest in experiencing some new things."

The look on her face indicates that she's putting it mildly.