Why does he ask?? Doesn't he realize he's -- oh... oh, he's joking. She smiles weakly and averts her gaze a moment while he wipes off the worst of it. Dammit, she's a medical volunteer. She's seen more blood than that. She shouldn't be so rattled.

His apology eases her nerves a little. "You're doing a lot better than I did when I first came here," she says with a small, sheepish laugh. She sits down on the curb next to him, shifting the messenger bag into her lap. "You've read the pamphlet, too. That's good."

Yeah, that's a good call about the handshake. "Hi, Freddy. My name's Adia." Her expression brightens a little when he tells her that he's from Earth. "I'm from... um, well, originally a planet called Leonis. Now I live on a spaceship. But someday I hope to be from Earth, too."