Ah.  So that explained it.  Ash had been Kanae's, um, entry point into Seattle civilization.  "Wait.  If you went to the Crime Mall, or rather, you even know where it is..."  Then she was part of the whole running gig, too.  "What do you do around here?"  If Lafiel had to guess...Ash was probably a face, a negotiator and general social woman.  She wasn't dressed right to be much of anything else in the shadow community.   Lafiel headed over to sit down on the couch  - there was space enough for her and Ash and Kanae - though one of them would have the enviable position of being stuck in the middle of the other two.