"I-- I am," he said with a nod. At least, he was all right from the run-in, and she seemed really nice to be asking after him like that even though he had been the one to bump into her! With an easier smile, he continued, "Sorry, again! I wasn't looking where I was going and..." Sheepishly, he shrugged.
Merri wanted to ask about the suit, and surely it wouldn't be too weird to do so, right? After all, she could be coming from work, and it might be a perfectly normal thing, so after a moment's hesitation, he ventured, "Um... what are you wearing? If you don't mind me asking, of course! And, uh, why?" He cringed. Coming up with the right words was so much easier when he had to write them down first.