It wasn't like Nico had a lot of options. She was essentially homeless until she figured something more permanant out. Like going home. She glanced up at the woman, sizing her up.
"It's always cold here." Nico said flatly, irritated, as she tugged her coat a bit more securely around herself. "They're not related to me. Their mom asked me to watch them."
She said that as if it were a defining factor. And it sort of was, as far as she was concerned.