"I heard about that! Sounds like a really good fit for you, and they have an excellent keyboardist. Meril's my friend, after a fashion." She's not even unhappy to be hugged by Rarity, because at least she knows you. It's just strangers that really get her.

"As for me? Well, I'm doing well too. I've been with Flowers over Bones since the band started, and I've done a tour and we've had all sorts of great press lately. We even got to headline one of the bigger shows at the music festival in November. Did you get a chance to go to that?"

Not going to mention the boyfriend yet, not inside the apartment where any stranger could just overhear, but maybe on a balcony or something later.