"Just to forget about this place for a little while. It's kind of dreary and abysmal, after all, and I would rather like to pretend that I'm somewhere else for a few hours. There's nothing deeper than that, though."

Helen offered a hand to her. "I'm Helen, by the way. Helen Magnus. I've been here for a few months but I don't think I've seen you about. Are you new, then? Relatively speaking?"