"London, most recently. Schooled in Scotland, grew up around Manchester," she elaborated. Most of it was extraneous, and he was likely just making conversation -- but then, so was she. She missed having people she could drop in on for a chat, or for tea. So she'd have to make some friends here. She stopped beside him when they reached the street, though she turned to regard the park from this angle so that hopefully she'd know it if she saw it again. "That's in the south, isn't it? The deep south?" She added, a hint of a smile in her voice. "What's it like down there? And what brought you all the way up here?"
Sliding her hands down her sides, she sought her pockets, mostly to have somewhere to stick her hands so she didn't fidget with them. She also thought about mentioning again that she could walk home from here, but ... Well, a cab would be faster. And safer. So she held her tongue for now.