"I thought it might be, too. Or I'd - I don't know. Fainted, or something." He shrugged, watching the ground pass under his feet, going through any number of likely stories. The only thing he really had to explain away was the suit, since I work upstairs in IT didn't exactly mesh with formal dress. "I was at a funeral, actually. I haven't worn a tie in years, and it was giving me such hell - it's always the stupid little things you concentrate on when something awful's just happened, isn't it? For me, anyway. I just ... all that was going on, and I just couldn't stop thinking about how I wanted to rip the damn tie off and throw it away, and then I was - here." That would do, wouldn't it? He reached up to fiddle with his collar a little, just for a finishing touch, but he left the tie on. Better not to go too dramatic.