She had taken comfort in that. Her eyes lowered and she murmured, "I am grateful I am alive..." And she was. She went silent for a long time, seeming to shrink into herself a little. There was something else about the woman that was off, one could see it in her eyes. She did not go further into the past than that. Her mouth curled up slightly, "But in any case... um.." she took in a deep breath, clearly shaken just by having spoken of her dead husband. She wondered if he was haunting the damned place.

"I think you will do well here... If you are staying I mean... If I haven't chased you from here."

She paused and then moved toward one of the windows, peering out into the street. "What do you want to do from here?" Sonia pivoted to look at him with a steady gaze.