[she nods. and then she eagerly latches onto a conversation about a familiar topic, knowing that he's asking not just based on her appearance but also her voice--because while she doesn't have an accent exactly, there's a hint of a childhood spent with two languages] Second. My parents moved from Puerto Rico before I was born.

[and since both his accent and his interest have made his own immigrant status clear, she asks:] Where are you from? Originally and before...here, I mean.