Unknown to Nova, Jikan was normally the reserved and careful type of person. When first meeting a person she like to keep conversation as simple and direct as possible. Depending on the conversation topic or person involved, the sentences Jikan gave could be short, or long. And sometimes they would hold not much information or a decent amount. It depended on how much she felt she needed to give an answer to what was proposed to her. As well as if more information would benefit to her or not. So it was rational by her habit that her answers were vague...and well....it did not help that she was talking to a member of the Rune Knight forces. Active crimes or not, her first impression and her break out from their prision did not do well for her belief that she would not be a person they would....friendly with as a unit.
It was best to not volunteer information.
As the music played in the background Jikan's and Nova' conversation continued. As reserved Jikan was, she was also often the insightful or investigative type. It made it hard for conversations for she liked to find out about people as much as she could while in contrast not giving a lot of information herself. At times it could feel overbearing or interrogative to a person, and, depending on things, that could be the case at times. A new person would not know this, and would likely feel like they were being interrogated. And...even though Nova was in a social way right now, Jikan was still trying to be subtle and cordial. Well, it would just have to be seen how Nova would respond.
"Ah I am glad to hear that your time has been fine since being here. I hope your down time during the last few days has not been too chaotic though. Yes, Orchidia does not have the best reputation because of the history of crimes when it comes to people looking from the outside. I hope it does not distract you for the wonderful place it is most of the time. Most days, it is no way near as bad as people say it is". At least, that was the truth Sleeping Calamity came. It was hard for other criminal organization to cause mess within Orchidia when it was clear who the top dog was. And, as Jikan had made clear through her first two years in the town helping the people. The town is mine, and she did not like people to break her things.
The tone and consequences she showed did help a lot with reducing crime, at least, crime targeted to Orchidia citizens. The other regions were still fair game, they were under her banner or rule. She suppose Paradise Dawn sudden appearance, and the surge of Rune Knights in the area also helped to deter. But, it also caused annoyance with goodie goodies coming up to Sleeping Calamity causing issues. It came with the reputation...even if Jikan took careful care to not have evidence that Sleeping Calamity members were up to no good.
Jikan picked up the biscuit and broke a piece of it off, chewing on it after she spoke as Nova asked her question. After finishing the piece she would speak, "Yes and no. My time in the town has been okay. Pleasant and unpleasant like any other place someone could find themselves living in. I have not in fact lived her my whole life, been about two and a half years now I suppose. It was chaotic moving in her with the town's destruction due to that weather storm that came in and the fighting. I was unsure if I wanted to move out here". She placed the biscuit down back on its plate. Jikan had decided to offer that piece of information. Whether she would regret that would have to be seen.
"Oh, Miss Nova. If you do not mind me asking, why are you a Rune Knight? There are many guilds in Fiore and some have more inflow of jobs to do. So I would assume you are not doing it for the money".