(Catching up with an old acquaintance she hasn’t seen in a while. A little surprised and somewhat curious about why the acquaintance has returned) “I thought I saw you in the crowd at the parade yesterday but figured my eyes must have been playing tricks on me. But that really was you.”

(Concerned when she finds out a good friend who left town several years ago hasn't been heard from since) “Well, I... I always figured that since you left together that Jimmy would have had someone to look after him. He’d fallen on tough times, y’know. Ended up staying at the homeless shelter, and… if he left on his own, that’s a different matter. I hope he’s okay, wherever he is.”

(Urgent, somewhat breathless. She is hurrying on her way to help out with a dire situation as fires rage on a nearby mountain, endangering homes) “A friend of mine - Frank, from the local fire crew - he radioed in just a short while ago. Said that he’d never seen anything like it. Apparently there’s not just one fire up there - it’s more like five or six, all raging at once, and they don’t have the manpower to handle it. Not even close.”