The little shriek made him jump, stumbling back into the hallway a step or two. Not the reception he was expecting, to say the least. "Are you sure?" he had to ask, once he had sufficiently recovered his wits. Wonderful. He had to go and try to help a neurotic spacecase.
It took him a moment to locate the, um, girl, following the tremulous voice to the corner behind the door. Creepier and creepier.