It's okay. I just didn't see you coming. [She hasn't seen anything coming since she got here. It's surprisingly difficult to adjust to, but she's managing well enough. Minus the whole having to pay attention to her surroundings part.

He can be as awkward as he likes. She's good at ignoring awkward entirely, and anyway, awkward is much better than hostile! She smiles brightly, settling back into her more compact spot.]

Nice to meet you, too!

[She even makes it sound like it really is nice to meet him, because it is. She's met so many people, and most of them haven't even thought she was weird for being purple yet! No one has called her tail stupid or called her a monkey or just plain pretended she wasn't there. It is very nice.

And then he does that light trick and she gasps in appreciation.]

That's amazing! Did you learn to do that here or could you always do that?