”I see...” she replied. His words implied more than he actually said. The road being neutral seemed to imply that other people perhaps owned land in the area. Or at least claimed the land as their own. She also knew other people where there so it wasn't just Lot.
”I see...” she repeated. ”So how does one become permitted to stay on the land?” she asked. ”My family was overseas when....well when everything sort of went to hell, so I don't really have anywhere to go.” she added. She wasn't nessicarily fishing for pitty but a man's desire to save a poor, abandoned littlw girl, it would be silly not to take the offer.
She didn't want to sell too hard yet but she also knew she had certain skills and...assets that such a community might appreciate.