[None of that is reassuring. All of that is incredibly unnerving.
Well, new acquaintances are only minimally unnerving, at least--until the thought pings in the back of Horatio's mind that he'd missed the normal introduction time of responding to a new person offering their name. That's nearly as embarrassing as having to be thrown out a window.]
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Well, new acquaintances are only minimally unnerving, at least--until the thought pings in the back of Horatio's mind that he'd missed the normal introduction time of responding to a new person offering their name. That's nearly as embarrassing as having to be thrown out a window.]
--Hornblower, by the way. It's a pleasure.