She answers immediately, abruptly realising how awful that must have sounded, "Yeah."

Shit. She mulls over a swallow of ale before continuing. "Before I came here, I lost... all of my friends?"

Yeah. Everybody, from her Salt Lake crew. Sounds a little like they had a group falling out when she puts it that way, which isn't wrong, but isn't the entire truth either. "It means a lot that you're my friend."