"I'll even share my discount," Eddie tells her with a broad grin just as a waitress shows up at their table. Her name is Mina, she's older, even if he doesn't know how old. He's seen her before, talked with her a few times, she's always been nice to Eddie, the way he sort of feels like maybe a proper mother figure would have been.

Not that he'll ever say so or even really acknowledge it to himself.

"Hi, Eddie," she says with a smile. "And Eddie's friend."

"This is Chrissy," he tells her. "We knew each other back home."

"Welcome, Chrissy," Mina says, glossing right over the bit about back home. "Can I get you guys some drinks to start?"