"Because their throats are on fire." It almost makes freezing sound okay in comparison--except that she's been chilled since she got here, even in the wool clothes she's been given, and it's really not okay. Why anyone would choose to live in weather like this, purposely, is beyond her. "The rest of them could be blocks of ice."

It's a joke, if not a particularly good one, and it's accompanied by a smile. "Are you one of the new arrivals, too?"