[ She accepts the bowl, angling her body so he can see what she's doing without commentary. She goes intentionally slowly, adding a little milk to the eggs and sliding the chopped vegetables off her cutting board and into the hot pan, leaving the eggs themselves aside for now.

From here, it's a few minutes of idly stirring while the vegetables cook, so it's a good time for a conversation. Although now she suspects more than ever that he is from a very different time as well as a different place. ]

It's not uncommon. Men still commit the majority of violent crimes, but that just means women have even more reason to want a weapon to protect themselves. I work with the police, [ which is the simplest way to explain that as well as being true here, ] so I'm legally licensed to carry.