He stopped smiling about halfway through her talk, and gave her a blank stare before pushing himself away and standing up. "My apologies ma'am. I won't bother you with my presence again if I have been that distasteful to you. And for the record, before I blew up at Niara, what did you know about what I was under the mask?"<br/><br/>He waited a moment, her glare answer enough, before nodding with a small smile. "Have a nice day, ma'am."<br/><br/>He bowed, and then vanished, heading off to the lab. "Note to self: don't bother being yourself. No one thanks you for it."