“I had been busy,” Elaine explained with a rueful smile. “I love talking to people, but I’m settling down in just watching them until tonight.” Not intervene unless too necessary, but a conversation wouldn’t hurt one bit.
She would have liked if Mona had joined her to her return to Los Angeles. But she was busy herself. “Hedgehog emergency!”
She leaned on the chair and began to eat the handful of snacks she took from the plate. “So, mm, Selina? Are you from here or from another plane of existence?” she asked, already knowing the answer though she wanted to carry a normal chat. “Sounds mad, but I know several people aren’t native from this world.”