[ Honest? Yeah right. Honesty that comes from lying to yourself isn't worth having. But that's a coping mechanism of a lot of people utilize, herself included, so she's not going to call him on it. Or on that fleeting impression. ]

Yes, it is. People and places stay with you, they influence who you are. I've made friends here who will always be with me, no matter where I am.

[ She can't believe that he hasn't experienced something like that before. As charming as he is, he has to have had someone or something in his life that still clings to him, for better or worse. ]