"Gimme a minute to catch my breath." She detaches a bottle of water from her belt, glugs, and offers it to him. "I woke up to my bed trying to kill me, been running since. Couple hours back?"

She looks up at him, and keeps looking up, wondering why everyone she meets these days is so unreasonably tall. He's a grim-looking fellow, but that doesn't mean much by itself.

"You new here? Don't think I've seen you before."