[Okay, so maybe he should have expected this. Maybe he did expect it, sort of, kind of? It doesn't stop his mouth from forming a mute "o" before his deer-in-headlight expression turns into a rather awkward grimace, his eyebrows going up with a nervous chuckle.]

Nicole. Heyy...

[Smooth.]

Long time no see. Missed you? Definitely missed you. How's the whole... surviving in the post-apocalyptic horror town going these days?