"Well..." He frowned slightly, as if distressed or suspicious, and leaned in toward her slightly, pitching his voice low enough that she would be the only one to hear. "Doesn't the town seem a bit cold to outsiders...? I had the feeling if I sat anywhere else but here I would be unwelcome. It seemed normal when I passed through here earlier, but now everyone is being so cold."

At least, that was how he presumed they were treating her, given the rumors spreading through the town about the murder.