[Oh... yeah. That's who she was introduced as! The memory swims back up from the fog of however much he'd had by the point in the evening when... who had it been, the moon god?... mentioned her name, and Tsuzuki straightens up, bowing politely to each of her shinki in turn.]

I'm the one who should've come by to say hi! Sorry about that. I'm still figuring things out -- it's a bit of a change from my last position, you know...!

[He clears his throat, a little embarrassed.]

Shopping trip, actually, we're out of coffee. Er, if you don't mind me asking, what's an exemplar? Is he a kind of shinki, too?