[ It's very strange to hear this man, whom she knows, give a story of a life that she absolutely doesn't. She has to wonder what she'd been like, in this world, though from the scant hints, she imagines it would be the same. Like looking into a distorted mirror. ]

That's where I met Steve, but you had already gone over to Europe by that point, in my history.

[ She sips her drink and angles herself towards him, not getting any closer, but blocking out other conversations so she can pay full attention to him. ]

I never knew your family, so I can't say if that differs. What happened after the military?