“Alright, Nad it is then.” Nalia smiled and then listened to her story. Huh, she didn’t know there was a Los Angeles in Florida. She only knew of the one in California. She elected not to ask, figuring it was whatever, and continued to listen.<br/><br/>“Start a new life?” She laughed even harder at that. “Well, I suppose that’s technically the case for all of us, starting new lives given that our old ones have ended. But you make it sound like you sought this place out and came here of your own free will!” She shook her head, still laughing, and grabbed a rag to wipe down the counter, offering her a glass of plain old Coca Cola, recognizing the discomfort in her eyes when Freddie suggested alcohol.