Spill it.

She was here for a reason. It would be completely counterproductive if she kept him in the dark about this.

"Yeah." She lifted her head up, giving the doctor a long look. "There was a fire in my sleeping quarters awhile back. I didn't have a room for awhile, so I slept in the halls."

Which, incidentally, led to her getting trapped in them that one time.

Anyway... "Sometimes, things I touch burn -- or start to burn. I haven't figured out how it works."