She takes another sip of wine, and then smiles ruefully at Lexi, "What is it, I wonder, about me that draws the ones who are blown from town to town?" The wry laugh that follows seems genuine, and some of the chill eases out of her expression.
There's the smallest pause, and then she says, "At any rate, it's nice of you to say. I've been surprised, of late, to discover just how much I have in common with some folk."