Mostly it's easy to tell a person is new; the village isn't really big enough for faces to slip under the radar, even if you don't talk to a person. He hasn't seen her around anywhere, therefore she must be new. No more than a few days, at least.

Still, her declaration takes Clint by surprise a little. Not a lot, and it doesn't show except for a blink and a quick 'huh' sort of expression on his face, but then he shrugs. "Survive, mostly." It's true; there's just not a lot of other things they can do before seeing to food, shelter, and safety for everyone here. "If you're any good with farming, Mark can definitely use your help. Or if you can fix stuff, there's a lot of buildings around here that need some work, and other projects we've been wanting to get started but haven't been able to 'cause we don't have the people who know how to do it or the materials. Miss Kate's in charge of most of the cooking here in the inn and she can always use another pair of hands, and if you don't mind hunting the game's starting to come back after the winter and we could use some more meat."