She nodded her head gently, wondering for a second if he thought there was anything wrong with her name but decided not to say anything about it. When he told her his name Valerie shrugged slightly with a small smile, "It's a nice name." That was an okay thing to say, right?
... Wait. His zoo? For a second all she did was frown but after a moment the realisation crossed her face. Oh. "You work here?" That didn't answer his question and she quickly pushed on. She hadn't meant to ignore him. "I like looking at the fish. Well, more the dolphins," and right then, as she realised she was about to start rambling, Valerie quickly shut her mouth. She knew she got embarrassed far too easily but that wasn't about to stop the blush she felt creeping up on her. “Sorry,” she whispered, another thing she needed to work on.