Their bodies collided with such force, actually, that he took a step back, almost stumbling over his seabag even though he'd seen her coming and known they'd hit. She was stronger than she looked, for sure - but that was all he had time to think, because suddenly she was pulling at him and -
Oh. Well. She definitely wasn't his sister, his mind thought hazily; his lips, of course, didn't respond to hers at first, only a strangled, "Mmngph?" came out but after a kiss or two his mouth responded almost out of instinct, though poorly, confusedly, so at best she got a few halfhearted, sloppy kisses. "I guess I am," he finally got out, as she pulled back and spoke to him, though her words only echoed the disbelief in his own head at being in a place that was supposed to be home and yet wasn't familiar at all. His arms, which had somehow come around her when she'd impacted him, suddenly seemed to realize what they were doing and he paused, looking half sheepish and half uncomfortable, glancing over her head for a second before risking a look back at her face.
"Except... ah, can you tell me where here is? Or - specifically... how far I am from Carmita?" Not the best thing to ask the girl who'd just flung herself into your arms, of course, and he realized it a second too late. "I mean - I mean... " It was going to sound absurd to this girl who'd just been kissing him, wasn't it? "I don't... suppose I could get your name, again?"
ALSO I think it would actually be Retrograde Amnesia, that's what I get for trying to sound smart >>
Oh. Well. She definitely wasn't his sister, his mind thought hazily; his lips, of course, didn't respond to hers at first, only a strangled, "Mmngph?" came out but after a kiss or two his mouth responded almost out of instinct, though poorly, confusedly, so at best she got a few halfhearted, sloppy kisses. "I guess I am," he finally got out, as she pulled back and spoke to him, though her words only echoed the disbelief in his own head at being in a place that was supposed to be home and yet wasn't familiar at all. His arms, which had somehow come around her when she'd impacted him, suddenly seemed to realize what they were doing and he paused, looking half sheepish and half uncomfortable, glancing over her head for a second before risking a look back at her face.
"Except... ah, can you tell me where here is? Or - specifically... how far I am from Carmita?" Not the best thing to ask the girl who'd just flung herself into your arms, of course, and he realized it a second too late. "I mean - I mean... " It was going to sound absurd to this girl who'd just been kissing him, wasn't it? "I don't... suppose I could get your name, again?"