[Rei nods, not having heard of the city, but she expected as much since she wasn't particularly well traveled. But that question draws a bitter frown from her. Recently, she only wishes...]

I've been here a full year as of...tomorrow, actually.

[She shakes her head, remembering coming in, and the battle, and...everything that'd happened since she arrived. But she never faltered in her step, her poise remaining perfect.]

Oh. I am sorry, I've been horribly rude. I am Hino Rei. May I ask your name?