[ Alex takes one look at Katie and resigns himself to the hot dogs. they don't have a lot of disposable income, but he's done the math, and the money wired into their bank accounts ought to give enough leeway for a bite to eat every once in a while outside the groceries. ]

Sounds good. There's some vendors and restaurants pretty close by--we can talk on the way. It's kind of a long story, but it sounds like we've got time.

[ he has a knee-jerk negative response to the thought of spilling a bunch of personal (family!) information to a woman who's basically a stranger to them in this world, but...it's Sue, and she apparently knows all the important stuff already. they've lied enough for one day, right? ]