Tahiri probably ought to pay more attention to the radio; she'd mostly gotten out of the habit when the reflexive distrust of anything mechanical had been at its worst.

"I'd ask if your relationship with this room soured after you got trapped in here for a few days, but . . ." It was still pretty jarring to see the room so empty. "I'm getting the idea you don't mean elsewhere in the dorms. And not heading home yet?"