[She eyes the cigarette-- She actually doesn't have any idea if smoking was good or bad for you, but she didn't usually like the smell. Wisely, though, she says nothing. Let him enjoy his vice.]

I was before they forced me out. They accused me of working too hard and not properly enjoying the evening. [There's a smile and a helpless little shrug before she takes his acknowledgement of her as permission to step up beside him to look up at Thesa.]

It's hard to believe it's been a few months already...