Re: Matt/Chris -- Food Table -- 8:05 p.m.
"Yeah," Matt replied with a slow nod. "You know, I moved in here just at the end of April but I haven't really settled down until June. I came from Baltimore, so it was kind of a big change. First the time difference then having to buy furniture for my apartment--I didn't bother to ship it all out here."
He fell quiet all at once and looked around the pool. "I've met Alice, she's the bakery shop owner, right?" He gave a nod in the direction of the red head in the seating area who seemed to be frowning to herself. "And I haven't met Nish, is she here?" He looked around, spotting multiple people he recognized but didn't know the real names of. The man beside him was a huge help though, if a little suspicious, which only made Matthew suspicious. There seemed to be a general sense of paranoia in the community but Chris's was of a different sort. Why did he feel that it was necessary to prevent his friends from going? It was weird, certainly, but it seemed like he knew more.