Only a few days? [ a newcomer, then. she doesn't know why it still always surprises her when new faces slip into the town. perhaps because it just makes her all the more aware just how long she's been here. ] As a year-long ... resident of sorts, I can guarantee it's not always the friendliest.

[ there's been more than sufficient time for her to learn, for her to know the difference between genuine good will and manipulative intent. still, there was always a way for them to catch her off guard if this spinning wheel had been any proof of that. ]

They play with your mind here. [ she speaks bluntly in response to the woman's uncertainty, knowing precisely where the discomfort comes from. ] You have to be careful in learning how to separate your own thoughts from the ones they try to place in you.

[ which is the sort of trick she's capable of doing, with her own abilities. ]