"Why?" The question was out of her mouth before she could stop it and then she was flushing red from eartip to eartip and looking down at the floor. One foot scuffed softly at the tile and her bottom lip was chewed on for a moment before she spoke again, a bit less harsh and accusatory than her tone had been.
"I mean... why? Why me? You don't do this for all new arrivals do you?"