Not at all. You approached just as my round was over. I'm merely resting. [The other students had kept an arm's length between classes and after hours, not that it was a source of any particular grief to Germany. She found it made going about her day a more practical and productive affair. Still, the gesture of acknowledgment was comforting.]

I apologize you had to see me in less than my usual form, and under-dressed, as well.