"They are kind of new, at least the big ones like this. They just opened one near where I lived a year ago. It didn't end well." She half shrugged and looked up at the multi-floor expanse before the situation caught up with her.

"You shouldn't be wanderig around here all by yourself either, do you have any friends or family?" There was the Joyce Byers that had adopted so many and put herself in harm's way to protect them.

"I can walk with you to find things, probably the best way to find anyone I know anyway." See, it was so casually offered and offhanded, like it was no big deal at all.

"Are you hungry? Have you eaten?" Ok, maybe that was pushing it a bit.