Now he wonders what she thought he'd said. It didn't really matter though since clearly they'd both been wrong.

"Yeah." He paused at the question and simply shrugged. "Why not?"

He didn't have a very good answer besides life was too short and this city was too small. Since she hadn't vanished into thin air following their fights, he couldn't simply ignore her presence entirely. She was still here in town and someone his friends and acquaintances were also connected to.

"It's only one of four non-native businesses in the city. Seems a rather waste if it isn't a place for people like us."