Curnen snorted. "I got the one skill, and it's questionable if anybody 'round here really needs a musician." Especially one who got the shakes when performing for groups larger than a handful of people.

Which wasn't to say she couldn't cook, of course she could. But it was purely functional.

"And I ain't ever had no New York pizza," she said, leaning hard into her drawl. "Now I'm curious what's so special."