Roxy had been somewhat distracted, fiddling around with her wrist computer and considering sending a message to Dirk for the zillionth time that day when she heard the voice. It was familiar to a degree, but also completely new, and looking up, she had no idea what she should expect to see. When she saw it -- him -- she still wasn't sure just what it was that she was looking at. For a moment, she thought it was Dirk, but that didn't quite match up with the content of the short sentence he'd spoken.
A fraction of a second after the confusion struck, it hit her, and she was on her feet and on her way to him. "AR?" she asked out loud, looking him over. There was a brief moment of silence as she tried to take in just what she was seeing, memorize his face and attach it to his name -- oh, right. His name. "Guess I should call you Hal, huh? 'AR' ain't exactly a human name, and I you're one of us now. Forever doomed to lumber around in one of our inefficient hunks of flesh." She shot him a wink at that, but the smile that came with it was short-lived.Â
With a quick gesture toward the fire she stepped aside, entirely unaware of the state his legs were in. "You gotta be freezing," she commented, noting the snow that covered him. "What happened? Get pelted with snowballs or somethin'?" The last question came with a snort of laughter, as if that were the worst thing that could happen out here. "Don't worry about it. There's a fire and people who care about you, not to mention food. Well, at least one person who cares about you. Dunno where Sawtooth went, but I'm sure he'll be back soon. Til then it's just me 'n you."Â
Her smile was bright and more than welcoming, as it always was, but somewhere deep down she was...nervous? Is that what this was? Sure, she was glad to see him, glad that he had a body to call his own, and even more glad that he was here. Still, it felt a little strange, having him here, face to face, up close and personal. Their conversations over Pesterchum had always come so easy, so carefree. She could only hope the same would be true now, when there was corporeality involved.