A pity, because he would have had more to say in response to How are you finding your sudden displacement onto a space station? But at least he didn't have to figure out the initial hello. He hadn't felt this awkward since his teen years, and that was accounting for those few days spent chasing his shadow-possessed coworkers all over Vancouver.

"Hi." He tried to be polite, since the alternative would get him nowhere and he was no longer a bundle of nothing but nerves. "Uh, I'm Tony." He extended a hand to shake automatically.