Well, it's simply:

[...Apparently it's not really "simply" anything, given how she pauses and seems to grasp around mentally for the right phrasing.]

Is there...well, a place you feel as though you ought to be, right now? One that isn't here?

[...wait, shit, that sounded like a passive-aggressive brush-off —]

— That is, may I ask how it is you came to be in this city? Do you live here?

[#catlike grace #nailed it #so smooth #no one saw that]