That gets a pair of emphatically raised eyebrows from Charley. 'Charming. Well, if nothing else, I can assure you that I've no intentions of killing you.'

Charley, it must be said, is more used than most to people trying to kill her. Perhaps somebody else would react with shock at the news that there are such casually homicidal people running around this New York, but somehow (and it's ridiculous if she thinks about it) that sort of thing seems to have fallen under the category of Inevitable Annoyance in her brain.

Another thought occurs to her, and she turns a curious look on Johnny. 'You say you don't get out much-- where are you living? I only wonder because I just got here, well, today, and very fortunately, I happened to run into someone I know, but everybody else who comes here and doesn't have that-- they can't all just end up sleeping on the street.'