[She almost didn't recognize him. Granted, that may have had more than a little to do with the fact that it was far brighter in here than it really needed to be, but his evolution certainly didn't make it any easier.

Once she had confirmed that this slightly blurry orange thing was, in fact, the person she was looking for, she... jeez. There was no question she was going to see him. But she hadn't quite planned this far ahead. So she just gave him a kind of awkward half smile.]
...Hey. How you holdin' up?