"Connie it'is," she says, still beaming with a bright smile. Its easy to be sympathetic to her plight -- after all, when Winston had initiated the Recall, Lena had hoped more of her old acquaintances would come around for it and they hadn't. Maybe she hadn't gotten along with as many of them as she'd thought.

But that was neither here nor there.

"You know, there's an awful lot of people 'round here. You'll find yourself plenty of mates to get on with. And you're always welcome here -- so long as the weather ain't a bother."