[He'd pinned her as a 'belle' before, but this 'American' thing was almost too much to ignore. There was a part of her that knew what he was doing - knew that he was creating a commonality between them in order to better play on her emotions. But then, if she knows his game...
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...it's just talking.
And she wonders if he's even from her Earth.]
An' whereabouts are you from?