Lili smiled.  "I've been here about seven years now.  Leah here just showed up last spring.  So she's still almost a newbie," she said.  "It's been great.  From what I've heard, I wound up here the same way you did: wandering lost in the wilds, near dead from thirst, and Miss Miki took me in, gave me a place to stay.  I loved it here, so I haven't left since."  She glanced over and sidestepped.  There was no collar in evidence on her neck, though the bangles on her wrists were jingly and loose.