Without the white lab coat marking him as a scientist, it takes Rinoa a moment or two to recognize the man. And where she'd already judged him as someone who was not an immediate threat, her friends are quick to back her up on that, greeting him warmly as she gets off the couch. Better than her own judgement, she trusts theirs, and so it's something of a relief to see them interacting with the older man.

"I want to get this sofa back to the apartments," she explains, gesturing back to the couch where she was sitting a moment ago. "But it's a little too much of a job for one person, you know?"

Realistically, she thinks, it might even be a little too much for both of them. But she has to try.

( Yes, totally okay! She initially forgot in the panic but she would have eventually. ^^ )