Florence looks up and smiles. "Florence Clemens. Metropolis chief engineer. Nice to meet you, uh, Mr. de Shahrizai." She blushes as she shakes his hand. "So you're one of our new pilots, I guess? Good to see a, uh, fine-looking man such as yourself working with us."
She blushes again and takes a sip of her stout, letting its rich dark chocolate flavour permeate her senses, hoping it will drown out her embarrassment at her own social ineptitude.