Oh no, oh no, oh no. This was not right. He wasn't supposed to be seeing her yet! Hands immediately dropping to his sides, Sam took a particularly large step backward and swallowed hard. He wasn't nearly prepared to talk to Lois after everything that he had done between now and the time that he had last physically encountered the woman. Now that she was here before him, however, it seemed that Sam didn't have much of a choice. Unless he actually did decide to turn on his heel and run away.
...how tempting that visual was.
"I'm, uh, okay," Sam answered, shoving his hands back into his pockets. He cleared his throat awkwardly and avoided making eye contact with her. It was hard to look at her dead on. He felt guilty. "How are you? Settling in all right?"