Blinking in more of a lost kind of way, Tyler's enthusiasm to make friends is always slotted behind a wall. He's amiable enough, friendly even so long as people aren't being assholes. But the idea of straight up declaring somebody a friend within five minutes of meeting them feels like looking up at Denali and guessing it'll take ten minutes to reach the peak. He's Denali in this picture.

Not that he isn't completely charmed by her, even if he's curious to know what the enthusiasm is covering up. There must be something. Nobody's just like this for no reason.

He voices none of that, preferring to focus on what he can genuinely say without it being a bare faced lie.

"Happy to meet you too. Kinda crazy to think we just... met each other like this. Probably wouldn't have said anything if we weren't about to uhm. Y'know."