"Good morning," Robb greeted in turn, squinting up through the early-morning sunlight, and then finding himself delighted all over again at the prospect of there being sunlight to squint through.

He recognized Jo from the few meetings the townsfolk had held -- She was not a woman who was afraid to speak her mind, and some of the things she had said had been rather extraordinary. But then, Robb supposed much of this place fell into that category.

Now that he considered it, he didn't think he'd ever seen her smiling before.

"It's nice to be out without the rain for once," he remarked with a glance toward the sky as he wiped his dirty hands on his trousers.