The look made him wonder briefly if he'd asked a wrong question, glancing over his own shoulder. "Uh, recent arrival," he said, approaching the answer cautiously. "I sort of ended up here accidently." He wasn't sure if she was one of the misplaced, displaced people that seemed to be running around the place and admitting that in addition to talking to himself really did not look good for his sanity.
"I just got here about a week or so ago and haven't left yet. It's a nice town," he added.