"No," she said, padding over to one of the corners, where her leather boots were lined up and waiting for her. She supposed it was probably poor manners to put on shoes in front of a gentleman. But then again, she wasn't really much of a lady, so she couldn't see any point in holding back.

So she slipped her feet in, lacing them up with a leather thong.

"This was actually my apartment in Deerington. If you're familiar with it, it's the place where many of us were before here. When I woke up on the shore...it was just here. The building and the trees."