[Sooner or later everyone from home brings him up]

I ain't seen Simon in over two years now.

[She couldn't just put her life on hold over a crush on someone she hadn't seen in years]

Luke... actually works for the sheriff's office.

[Which is really not the sort of job you are usually reluctant to tell your friends. But most people didn't have Kaylee's friends.]

Pepper'll be able to help ya find work. Maybe guardin' caravans or somethin'.

[Against... people kinda like them, she supposed.]