"True," she says, still smiling. "I'd ask you to show me someday, but I imagine it's not a problem you have on the street. And I get by, it's just, as you say, a lot of energy."

Again, she leans against him, keeping contact. "I want to hear more about the city, how it was when you grew up here. I imagine it's eerie coming back to the old neighborhood and seeing how much it's changed."