"Clearing?" Trish didn't stand just yet, but her hands paused mid-thread as she looked at him. Well, Ashley had been right - he was even prettier when alive and moving around. "Unless this 'Jamie' is the one next to you, then I wouldn't know any. There was only you two and the woman. I hate to say, it's usually the upstream folk who get the new residents. Where are you from?"

Or 'when' might be a more appropriate question.