There you are! How are things going?

She actually said that? She's a good example, then, of the kind of person who has been made afraid of nearly everyone else. I'd stay in public if I had no idea who the guy was though.

people are constantly afraid that strangers are going to try to kill them.

I actually think these events are intended to make us think that even people we know are potentially murderous. If someone is a bit off, we will avoid them and perhaps even turn them in via red flag laws. We are being turned against each other, by ridiculous means, not the least of which is political.

How you been?