I understand how you feel. None of the other places people here have mentioned sound familiar at all.

[Which... only adds to how far away she feels from her family. It makes something in her gut twist, but... she can't focus on that now.]

Well... Varian, right? [That's what the book said.] It's not exactly a good thing that we met in such conditions, but... I think someone from a familiar place, at the very least, will help make things easier to deal with.