"I'm doin' pretty good," she replies to Balthazar. He and Kai had missed her great rant over in one of the main Nexus hubs, but Connor had caught that. And compare to then she really does look well. Instead of angry or outright depressed, she looks almost happy. What happened there?

She's not carrying a collar or leach with her. She's not sure if she'll be walking out of here with a dog or not, and if she is what size it will be. She does have money with her, though, so a collar and leach should be an easy thing to get if she does decide on a dog.