"O-oh," she stuttered, blinking rapidly as she reassessed the situation, and immediately felt like a complete fool. "I'm so sorry, uhm, I just thought..." Nina groped for a reasonable explanation for her reaction and found none; so she opted for Door #2, a ridiculous, made-up and vague explanation. "I just thought you were, uhm, this guy I heard of, you know? Friend of a friend sort of story, but you're obviously not a robot." She offered a weak smile and sort of frantic smile, wondering why the hell she said what she just said. In an effort to cover her faux pas, she rushed on, "S-sorry. You're... Shae, right?"