"Actually I grew up in San Francisco. I have aunts and uncles and grandparents all over the place. So I knew I wanted to live in the same state, but why here?" Brienne shrugged a little as she watched Hela put all of the coffee stuff onto the tray and then bring it over to her.
She put some cream and sugar into her coffee, and gave it a stir with a small 'thank you.'
"But mostly I've been in the army since I was 19. I'm pretty much done after three tours, and decided to move here. Every time I visited in between times, I stayed here. So I decided to make this my permanent home."