Places that aren't nice generally aren't nice for a reason. That reason is very rarely the people who live there.

[A pointed hint. He has a pretty good idea of who to blame for that.]

Like her? She seems perfectly likable to me just how she is. She's a smart and capable young woman. Anyone should be damn well honoured just to speak to her.

[And maybe there's something in the words, the lingering feelings from that last shift.]