"Yeah. I'm from California. Ever heard of valley girls? They're not just in the movies," Dawn laughed. She'd never heard the term that Mel used - splin - but she hadn't been everywhere in the world, so it was more than possible that it was just some localized slang. Which was fascinating in and of itself, the geography of linguistics...
"No, I'm actually not here permanently," she admitted with some sadness. She might actually be making a friend... but she shook that thought off. Who knew how much longer she and Giles would be here? It wasn't like she was leaving on a jet plane the very next day. Gates of Hell were complicated pieces of business, she'd heard. And Giles probably wasn't traveling anytime soon, what with his injury and all. "I'm staying with my, um, guardian. At the Phoenix. What 'bout you?"