Well, she was right about him not being a local. She's less certain about where he could be coming from (and headed to) if New Arcadia isn't his destination, but that'll have to wait.
"Charlie's my stepdad," she says, and she's just going to go ahead and sit down, now. Forward, maybe, but he's the one asking questions with long, involved answers. Besides, she's been in the business too long to fail to recognize the myriad ways a customer can signal that they'd really prefer it if you left them the hell alone, and this guy's displaying none of them. "He owns the place, and my mom helps run the admin side of things. I've been working here since I was in high school." Belatedly remembering that they haven't actually been introduced, she adds, "I'm Sunshine."
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"Charlie's my stepdad," she says, and she's just going to go ahead and sit down, now. Forward, maybe, but he's the one asking questions with long, involved answers. Besides, she's been in the business too long to fail to recognize the myriad ways a customer can signal that they'd really prefer it if you left them the hell alone, and this guy's displaying none of them. "He owns the place, and my mom helps run the admin side of things. I've been working here since I was in high school." Belatedly remembering that they haven't actually been introduced, she adds, "I'm Sunshine."