[He pauses, willing himself to feel normal enough (and he can do this, he'll have to do this back home, too, with Scott and everyone else -- this is good practice), to look at him and hold it together.]
Sorry, I, uh-- I got here really late, or really early, depending how you look at it... I didn't want to wake you all up so I stayed at the hotel. And I guess I fell asleep or something, and then I thought Snow's going to be teaching- so I came here. I was gonna come to see you later on.