It's been a long time, hasn't it?
[Long enough that the player wants to try some new faces here...]
One can normally tell newcomers because everyone else has learned to largely tune out the Sign. Ilphyl is staring at it instead. "Ask a question..."
"How do you know if you have a 'found family'?"
Well, shit. They'd meant to ask something innocuous, like 'favorite animal'. Instead, they blurted out the first thing on their mind, which was far deeper than they tended to go with strangers (or, to be honest, friends).