He wasn't expecting such a dismissive response. "Ahahah. Well, that doesn't excuse it from being nice anyway, no?" Plain or not, he was extracting enjoyment from it!

All at once, the notion that he might be familiar with this person finally nudged into him. It clicked together and was rather astonishing. He squinted in the dim light and his jaw unhinged ever so slightly. In his excitement to determine the "who" his mind got hazy as he scrambled for the identity of this woman.

His aghast face morphed slowly into an open smile, gradually, like the sun rising over the hills. "Oh my word, it can't be... Is it really you, Vashta? It's been so long!"