"Yeah? Cool! Southern girls unite," she grins. "Decided. Or...was directed to? I dunno," she shrugs half-heartedly. "I needed to settle somewhere after college, didn't want to live with my aunt or dad again. Had a vision about a place called Siren Cove, found out this is where I was born, so I thought, hell, why not? Good a place as any."

"No, really. The world thanks you," she teases. "At least I won't run you off with my babbling then."