"Flatterer." She smiled, however. "I'd be only too happy to be escorted by you to an event -- so long as it fits into my schedule. The individual I replaced in this world is a town mayor, of all things." More seriously, she added, "That's why I particularly wanted to meet people from far away, and meet in neutral localities. If the time should come that I am sent back to my own world, I wouldn't like the real mayor of the town to suffer difficulties because people caught wind of my...activities. If I remain here until the end of her term in office, I'll simply not exert myself for re-election and then I can do as I please, but until then I'm trying to keep up appearances."
The wine came, and she abandoned her water glass in favor of the vintage, which she pronounced excellent. "A murder mystery, you say? That sounds like it could be very entertaining. And if you've already purchased the tickets, I wouldn't want to put you out...it's not as if there's a time limit on dessert, after all..."