“New Year’s just past here too.” She gave him a wink. “Those close are connected to your job. You got your crystal right? The crystal holds your jobs and your jobs help you fight.”

See it’s simple!

Though she wasn’t going to elaborate more because that was tedious and she just didn’t want to. Instead she waited for him to figure out what he was thinking or doing before saying more. She’ll answer but slowly and it’ll feel like he’s prying answers from her with each question.