"Then I ask for your forgiveness," he says, sitting once she is seated. "May I offer you a cup of tea?"

He is surprised by her answer, but it hardly shows. He mistook her for a woman from Earth's past, not for someone who boarded willingly. But then, that closing remark is rather curious, is it not?

"'The first time'?" he repeats, smiling around his teacup. "Does this happen often where you are from?"