"Duncan, then," she said as she carefully ascended the stairs. One had to be extra cautious about steps in stelleto heels. "Mac makes you sound like an American truck driver," she told him honestly. "Unless you are an American truck driver?" she added a bit hesitantly. She really did not want to offend her new acquaintance.

She pushed on in the conversation in order to try and cover up any fauxpa she had just committed. "Bird is imprinted on me, I raised him from an egg. So I don't have to keep his wings clipped."