In order to save on housing costs, and especially in large cities such as this one, it's normal for people to share even small dwellings. Admittedly, gender and age are usually factors that are taken into consideration and prioritized.

[ But for McGillis, coming from a technological society with an extremely archaic noble ruling class, where things like child exploitation and arranged marriages are common, it's hard for him to react with anything but dull acceptance.

Of course, now he's curious about where she comes from. ]

You were more used to the setting we had on the island, I presume?