I think she's from here, moved there for a bit, came back. Well, she's visiting her family.

[she says, though sam rarely heard her say a positive word about the place. come to think of it, he'd barely heard her say a word about the place at all. ]

We lived in the same building for a while, but she moved downtown and I hadn't heard from her until apparently she told the Samsons about me, so.

[spreads his hands. here i am. funny little world isn't it.

that is way more answer than you wanted, sorry.]