If she knows Stella's name, that means she would have come from the same village. That doesn't make sense, because Walter has never seen this woman before and he can confidently say that everyone from there is familiar to him. Yet instead of him to her, she asks him such a question?]
. . . She's the Merines' sister. We were from the same village before it was razed. [He's being fairly liberal with what he shares. He'd much rather be straightforward with a Ferines.] How do you know?
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If she knows Stella's name, that means she would have come from the same village. That doesn't make sense, because Walter has never seen this woman before and he can confidently say that everyone from there is familiar to him. Yet instead of him to her, she asks him such a question?]
. . . She's the Merines' sister. We were from the same village before it was razed. [He's being fairly liberal with what he shares. He'd much rather be straightforward with a Ferines.] How do you know?