Ethan didn't notice the woman until she spoke and it startled him slightly. But he regained his composure pretty quickly and sniffed a bit, reaching up to wipe his face with the back of his hand before reaching out to take the tissues from the woman.
"Thanks..." he replied, more of a whimper than a word really as he pulled a tissue from the pack and dried his face the rest of the way. He usually tried to avoid getting stares from people, like the ones he was getting with his tear streaked face, but right now it just didn't matter.