Grell looked at the key curiously before using it to unlock the gate. Why lock from the outside? Had it accidentally been put in backwards? She could understand a desire for security, but she'd chalk it up to yet another interesting thing about Zinc until she knew better.

"How have you been recently?" she asked, trying for small talk again. Maybe she should have brought tea or something like that. Did Zinc even drink tea? Another thing to inquire after.