Thomas chuckled as he carried the food to the table, followed by Lena. "We certainly know a plethora of people, yes. Jamie goes to school with a Greek dream...something."
"And his mother is the personification of Nerd," Lena pointed out.
"Oh right, I...I always forget that," Thomas said, shrugging. Svetlana didn't really understand what that meant, but she smiled anyway. "So tell us about you, Svetlana. Where are you from?"
"I was born in St Petersburg," Svetlana explained easily enough. "And I lived there until I was 18 and then they sold me to Azrael."
Thomas had, unfortunately, just taken a drink of water. He spit it out all over his plate, soaking his bread, and went into a coughing fit. "What?!" he managed to choke out.