"Same." Ashley saed, finding an opening spot for the cab to pull into. At this point, she turned on the meter to begin calculating the price of the cab ride. Subconsciously,  Ashley found her fingers drumming on the steering wheel. Well at least the burning sensation had faded away by now. She didn't really find the laughing to be an insult or anything. After all if any of her high school friends had learned that this was how she would meet her soulmate they'd probably laugh too, and not just because they were high. Although that would be a factor too.

"So you're from Europe?" In this business, you met all kinds, and Ashley had gotten pretty good at talking to people while driving them to their destinations, but the circumstances here threw her off. At this point, she was mostly looking for conversation to fill the silence before it got too awkward. His accent definitely sounded Eastern Europeanish, and judging by the script his name was written in, he wasn't Russian. Ashley wasn't going to hazard a guess at his country of origin, because it would probably be wrong and make her look ignorant. That said, it would be pretty brutal if he were from Estonia. Estonia is a really good name for a country.