"You too, huh?" asked Kyle. "I do have a few friends, and I'm glad, but I end up talking to a bunch of different people too. I guess it comes from investigations work."
"Yeah, that's true, they all have their upsides and downsides, I think. At least the winters are mild here. In New York we used to get snow."
Oh great, now he was talking about the weather. But he didn't want to pry too much. He wasn't investigating this guy, just trying to have a conversation.