She decided to take it at face value. But there was still something eating at her. She supposed she was just using her Kindred brain. A habit she seriously needed to break, if she was going to stay sane.

Or alive.

At any rate, she pushed her doubts to a dark corner of her mind.

"Uh, no. Originally from Chicago. Well, Lake Forest, which is only about 45 minutes north. Spent a little bit of time in Arizona before moving out west but...Stanford, huh?" She gave a low, appreciative whistle. "Nice. I remember looking at it for grad school but...life had a way of happening."

Or, you know, unlife.