Zack for one was just glad Jaime seemed to know about the visitors. It was easier when he didn't have to pretend he was from the area or at least from the somewhere else in the country.
"Not really," he said in answer to her question about super powers. "It's kind of obvious to people back home what I am, so I got questions sometimes. Sometimes I didn't. It really depended on how they felt about the SOLDIER program. What about you? Are you an exception to the rules?" The way he asked was so friendly, it would take an especially nasty individual to take offense to the question.
"I've been here a few weeks, now. It's a huge improvement over where I was. Have you always lived in the area, or did you get sidetracked, too?"