Derek was sweet, truly he was. And he was friendly as well which meant Skye did her best not to take it personally when he tripped over his tongue and squeezed her hand like she was going to run off into traffic. She felt a cool rush of relief as Avery firmly detached his sweaty grip and placed it up on her shoulder. She knew he was only excited to meet her and she was plenty excited too, but this was more respectful and gave her more of an option to follow his lead - or not - as he guided her around the office.<br/><br/>"I've hardly had much time to experience the city," she quipped in her soft country lilt. "I mean, we just drove here from the airport - everything I own in the state is in Mister Tomlin's car right now." She reached up to rest a hand on his, turning briefly towards him. "He said you might give me a lift home later on, after my half day? I really don't know anyone here."<br/><br/>"Oh, oh of course!" he assured her and flattered himself that she didn't notice him gush. She did, but thought it was sweet and went a bit further towards forgiving him for his initial grabbiness with her hand. Touring around the office, he made sure to keep her where she could trail her fingers along the wall and remember the patterns for the different offices. Or start to; there were far too many right at first, and with growing concern she wondered if she would need her cane to navigate the building without collecting someone's pile of records or hot coffee. The one texture she did remember was the two scratchy strips with the cool tile between them. That was the women's toilets... she was fairly sure. The men's had vertical strips didn't it? She was sure it did.<br/><br/>The people were wonderful too, everyone so keen to welcome her to the organisation! She wasn't sure whether they already knew the answers or were simply too polite to ask, but at least some of them must have realised she was sightless even before Derek explained, every time. At least one of the ladies - Sophie, maybe? There were a lot of names. She was in HR, Skye thought she remembered? Anyway she said she was sure that Skye would learn a lot in her time under Avery, so maybe that meant they'd be working together? Strange that she hadn't sounded happier about it, but she was probably just having a bad day, bless her heart.<br/><br/>When they wound up back at Avery's office, Derek had finally relaxed enough around her to get her laughing at his jokes and she was still beaming when he led her through the doorway to where the boss worked. "Mr Tomlin," he began and she straightened up as she belatedly realised where they were. "We've circled the floor, visited records and HR and I've shown her where the cafeteria is." He had? She thought back and tried to remember, there had been a lot all at once.<br/><br/>"Everyone's been very welcoming," she assured them, "but I'm ready to get to work. I'm keen to show you what I can do!"