"No, it's--really, I'm so sorry I ignored you earlier." She ran her hand over her hair, nails cutting at her scalp on the way down. No no no, this is not how we do socialization. Decades of training on how to interact appropriately with women through trial and embarrassing error were smacking into years of training on how to act like a woman herself. "You, um, you probably have a lot to worry about. I didn't mean to bother you."