"Work," was the more uncomplicated answer, not to mention the more evasive of her options. She seized upon it with both hands and shrugged the shoulder that wasn't holding up her bag. "At the university. Half-way through the term, one of their professors had to take maternity leave, so. Here I am."
She had heard Seattle referred to as the Emerald City before, but in her experience so far it seemed more deserving of its other names - the ones related to rain in particular.
"Doesn't the weather make you want to move somewhere more agreeable?"