It's alright. Hey, it's not the worst welcome in the world, if I'm being honest.

[ not that she's admitting to having warm fuzzies all of this. it's still kind of crazy! but. maybe it won't be so bad here, if everyone's this friendly ]

It's nice to meet you, Alex. [ a beat ] Although I have to admit I didn't expect to meet anyone that would stick around for that long. Or would be allowed to, even. Then again, it makes sense that it could take that much time to help someone in a situation like this... [ so many thinky thoughts!!! ]