"Not in my time, anyway." Other slang, yes: some from the old tongue, others not. 'Merchant-girl' is the kindest to someone as fair as Annie, even if whatever ancestors she'd had in the merchant class have been lost sometime before the Dark Days. "Torch, maybe? Cause red, fire, so a torch."

Anyway, the woman is talking about far more interesting things, even if the speed is a little bewildering.

At least Finnick's given her practice at dealing with the ridiculously charismatic and confident.

"Oh, um, do you want your husband found?" she asks, shaking her hand.

Practice does not, exactly, always make perfect.

"And, and. Annie Cresta, this is my first time...off planet. Fiance currently not lost."

Just...just stating it. Because it's reassuring. He's here.