[Pepper hadn't seen the girl in a while, but she didn't want to pry and she really didn't know if this was something to concern Cat with. Pepper might be friends with Arya, but she certainly didn't feel the need to concern her mother just because she hadn't seen her since Christmas. If she'd left the castle, she knew that Cat would want time alone.

Hearing from her was good, though.]

I was wondering where you'd been. I'm still here, though it seems a lot of people have been going home. Sam, the man who ran the pie shop where I believe you worked has gone home, but someone new is taking over. [Not that Pepper likes the idea of you working, Arya.]