"That sounds like a difficult upbringing." She only has some very sketchy details of her own father's younger days, but she knows he became a soldier early as well. "Good for him. And for you. Definitely a much better way."
She's disbelieving at first; this young blonde an alien? But then she remembers her mother's stories about aliens that looked human, usually cautionary tales. Jenny seems all right, though. "We just need to head down towards the Bay. Won't be long."